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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