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1966.137.26.b

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Cesare Cantu

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Artist

Francesco Broggi (1811 - 1857)

Title

Cesare Cantu

Creation Date

1883

Century

19th century

Dimensions

2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.137.26.b

Object Description

224 CESARE CANTO (1804-95), Italian historian 1883

Obv. Bust to right. Around, CAESARI CANTU; below truncation, P . FUMEO MODELLO; below, FRAN . BROGGI INCISE
Rev. Inscription, HISTORICORUM | ITALORUM | SUI TEMPORIS | CLARISSIMO | AN . MDCCCLXXXIII
Bronze, struck, 53 mm.

Bibl.: Brescia 2, p. 148, no. 12 ("In omaggio a Cesare Cantu").