Medal: Bust of Marco Sicco

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Catalogue

Year: 1557
Medium: Bronze (copper alloy with dark brown patina over warm brown patina.)
Dimensions: Diam. 4.5 cm, wt. 36.21 g.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Antonio Abondio

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Antonio Abondio (1538–1591) was an Italian sculptor, best known as a medallist and as the pioneer of the coloured wax relief portrait miniature.

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Artist: Antonio Abondio
Year: 1557
Medium: Bronze (copper alloy with dark brown patina over warm brown patina.)
Dimensions: Diam. 4.5 cm, wt. 36.21 g.
Watts ID: WW-1557-008088

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