Portrait medal of Paolo Giovio (obverse); Giovio Raising a Man from a Grave (reverse), model ca. 1552 (probably a later cast), Bronze (Copper alloy with brown patina, Diam. 9.5 cm, wt. 308.61 g., Medals, Francesco da Sangallo (Italian, 1494–1576), The medals' obverse portrays the writer, historian, and collector Paolo Giovio, known for the group of portraits of famous men that he assembled in his villa near Lake Como as well as his writing on contemporary history, including the lives of illustrious men
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