Renaissance Medals, Volume One: Italy (National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogues)
Book Details
Author(s)John Graham Pollard
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN / ASIN0894682660
ISBN-139780894682667
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
The National Gallery of Art houses the single most important collection of portrait medals in the United States. This two-volume catalogue examines in depth these holdings, comprising more than nine hundred medals. Providing detailed technical information--including the alloy composition of each medal--drawn from careful research, observation, and analysis, Renaissance Medals breaks new ground in the scholarly literature. Volume 1 focuses on the Gallery's superb collection of Italian Renaissance medals, unique in their quality, number, and diversity.

