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Domenico de' Vetri (Domenico di Polo di Angelo de' Vetri)

 
Domenico de' Vetri

15th-16th century Italian medalist and gem engraver
(ca. 1480 - ca. 1547)

Domenico, a Florentine, was apprenticed to the gem engraver Pier Maria Serbaldi da Pescia. Vasari reports that he was a follower of Giovanni delle Corniole and that he made medals of Cosimo I and Alessandro I de' Medici. See Forrer 4, pp. 639-41; Hill in Thieme-Becker 9, p. 408; Kress, pp. 59—60. --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976 Names: Vetri, Domenico de' (preferred, index, V) Domenico de'Vetri (V) Domenico di Polo (display, V) Polo, Domenico di (V) Vetri, Domenico di Polo di Angelo de' (V)

2 objects

Alessandro I de’ Medici (1510–1537), Duke of Florence 1532

1534
bronze
Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari
1966.104.15.a
 

Alessandro I de’ Medici (1510–1537), Duke of Florence 1532

1534
bronze
Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari
1966.104.15.b