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Diana of Mantua
Cast bronze medal of Diana Scultori   (1547 -1612)


© The Trustees of the British Museum



The obverse is a bust of Diana Scultori 





© The Trustees of the British Museum



On the reverse, Diana Scultori is depicted engraving a figure of the virgin and child on an oval plate. 


Diameter: 40 millimetres

Weight: 20.11 grammes



WOLKEN, C. C., 2012, BEAUTY, POWER, PROPAGANDA, AND CELEBRATION: PROFILING WOMEN IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERISTY

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