Medal of Cosimo I de Medici

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Artist Pietro Paolo Galeotti (Italian, 1520–1584)

Title Medal of Cosimo I de Medici

Date 1569–1570

Medium Silver

Dimensions Overall (44mm): 1 3/4 in., 1/8 in. (4.4 cm, 0.3 cm)
Weight (49.4g): 0.11 lb.

Credit Line Gift of Gloria Middeldorf in Memory of Ulrich Middeldorf, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 87.26.2.46

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Cosimo I de Medici (1519–1574), Grand Duke of Tuscany, was a renowned patron of the arts. He enhanced the Florentine cityscape with new architecture, sculpture, and gardens, and maintained a collection of bronzes, marble statues, antiquities, and medals. He also commissioned medals bearing his own portrait.

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