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Renaissance medals

John Graham Pollard ; with the assistance of Eleonora Luciano and Maria Pollard

(Collections of the National Gallery of Art, . Systematic catalogue)

National Gallery of Art , Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007

  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

  • v. 1. Italy / with an appendix by Lisha Deming Glinsman and Lee-Ann Hayek ; and with technical contributions by Donald Myers
  • v. 2. France, Germany, The Netherlands, and England / with an appendix by Eleonora Luciano ; and with technical contributions by Donald Myers

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780894682667

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.
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v. 2 ISBN 9780894683374

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 2 documents the Gallery's collection of German medals of the sixteenth century, French baroque medals, and smaller, though no less significant, groups of Netherlandish and English medals

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