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1966.125.5.a

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Lorenzo Magalotti

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Artist

Antonio Montauti (d. after 1740)

Title

Lorenzo Magalotti

Creation Date

1712

Century

18th century

Dimensions

3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.125.5.a

Object Description

149 LORENZO MAGALOTTI (1637-1711), Florentine scholar, philosopher, theologian, poet 1712

Obv. Bust to left, in peruke. Around, COMES LAVRENTIVS MAGALOTTI; below, ANT . MONTAVTI . F .
Rev. Apollo in radiance, holding a lyre, stands in landscape. Globe, compass, book at lower right. Around, OMNIA LVSTRAT; in exergue, CIC-ICCC-XII
Bronze, 92 mm.

Bibl.: Lankheit, pp. 192, 219, n. 151; Forrer 4, p. 132; Brescia i, p. 167, no. 1111; MM. 2, pp. 217-18, pl. 153, 2.