- Museum number
- G3,VenM.3
- Description
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Cast and chased silver medal with an incuse reverse, pierced. (whole)
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Bust of Marcantonio Memmo, Doge of Venice, right, wearing a Doge's hat and a brocaded gown. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1612
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 91.000 millimetres
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Weight: 62.35 grammes
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Thickness: 1.20 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Jones 2
This example of the medal has been extensively worked by hand. This is not typical of Dupré's work and it is not clear whether or not the chasing was done by him. The condition of the parts of the medal which have not been reworked and the diameter of the piece are however evidence that, whether or not the chasing is contemporary, the cast itself is by Dupré.
Marcantonio Memmo (1536-1615) was elected Doge on 24 July 1612 (see 2). His election was followed by elaborate celebrations and the distribution of quantities of largesse. It is possible that Dupré was called to Venice from Mantua immediately after the election. In any case the medal must date from the last five months of the year.
Other examples:
(a) Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, 75084 Paris, France (BN, Paris), Sér. It. Rois, Princes, Dues, Mod. III no. 49, cast silver, 88.5 mm.
(b) BN, Paris, Sér. It. Rois, Princes, Dues, Mod. III no. 50, cast bronze pierced, 91 mm.
(c) BN, Paris Armand Valton no. 2095, cast bronze, 86 mm.
(d) Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, Spain, cast bronze, 90 mm. Paired with the portrait of Barberini.
(e) Musée Savoisien, Chambéry, France, G1521, cast lead, 97mm (89 mm excluding frame).
(f) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, bronze, 90 mm.
(g) Civiche Raccolte Numismatiche, Milan, Italy, Brera, bronze, 91 mm. Pierced.
(h) The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (Hermitage), inv. no. 137, bronze, 91.5 mm. Paired with Memmo.
(i) Hermitage, inv. no. 139, tin, 87 mm.
(j) Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7, 7135-1860, bronze.
(k) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, bronze. Broken loop, incuse reverse.
Bibliography:
1. T.N. Méd. Fr. II pl. XI, no. 3.
2. S. Romanin Storia documentata di Venezia, Venice 1858 pp. 95-6.
3. Mazerolle II no. 669.
4. F. Alvarez-Ossorio Catálogo de las medallas de los siglos XV y XVI p. 103.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2022 16 Feb – 29 May, Seville, Caixa Forum, “Human Image”
2021 - 2022 27 Apr – 16 Jan, Madrid, Caixa Forum, “Human Image”
2015-2016, 3 Dec 2015 - 27 Mar 2016, Seoul Arts Centre, Korea, The Human Image
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,VenM.3
- C&M catalogue number
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MF2 (Jones 2) (81) (37)
