Medal of Architect Gianello della Torre

ca. 1550 (Early Modern)

7.9 cm 0.5 cm

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The Latin inscription, "IANELIUS.TURRIAN.CREMON.HOROLOG.ARCHITECT," along the edge of the medal indicates that Gianello (1500-1585) was a clockmaker and architect from the city of Cremona. One of his contemporaries described him as a "bull in human form," and his rough feature...

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Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, April 17, 1893, no. 91; Henry Walters, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 2, 1941, no. 1260; Douglas Huntly Gordon, Baltimore, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by gift.
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