Medal: Giovanni de'Medici delle Bande Nere model 1522 or ca. 1570 (cast 16th century) Francesco da Sangallo Italian On the obverse is a portrait of the condottiere Giovannide Medici delle Bande Nere (1498 - 1526), and on thereverse is his impresa of a winged thunderbolt. The medal may date to 1570 on the basis ofstriking similarities in style and composition with twoother Medici medals, representing Gian Giacomode Medici (inscribed 1555 for his year of death) andCosimo de Medici, the son of Giovanni de Medici delleBande Nere (inscribed 1570). All threemedals could have formed part of a propaganda series,planned by Cosimo in or about 1570 to honor his family.The significance of the inscribed date 1522 remainsunclear. The year does not seem to commemorate anyspecific moment in Giovannis career. Sangallos undatedmarble bust of Giovanni is in the Museo Nazionale delBargello, Florence. This sixteenth-century cast is sharpand well defined.. Medal: Giovanni de'Medici delle Bande Nere 4

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Medal: Giovanni de'Medici delle Bande Nere model 1522 or ca. 1570 (cast 16th century) Francesco da Sangallo Italian On the obverse is a portrait of the condottiere Giovannide Medici delle Bande Nere (1498 - 1526), and on thereverse is his impresa of a winged thunderbolt. The medal may date to 1570 on the basis ofstriking similarities in style and composition with twoother Medici medals, representing Gian Giacomode Medici (inscribed 1555 for his year of death) andCosimo de Medici, the son of Giovanni de Medici delleBande Nere (inscribed 1570). All threemedals could have formed part of a propaganda series,planned by Cosimo in or about 1570 to honor his family.The significance of the inscribed date 1522 remainsunclear. The year does not seem to commemorate anyspecific moment in Giovannis career. Sangallos undatedmarble bust of Giovanni is in the Museo Nazionale delBargello, Florence. This sixteenth-century cast is sharpand well defined.. Medal: Giovanni de'Medici delle Bande Nere 4

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