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PART III
ANDREA BRIOSCO, CALLED RICCIO
Of a number of medals which have been attributed to this most famous of bronze casters (who died in 1532), only two
have, in the light of recent research, retained any claim to consideration. These are the medals of the artist himself,
(Arm. I, 120, 1), and of Girolamo Donato (above, no. 530). The others which were attributed to him, such as the medals
of Girolamo and Elena Cornaro, of Elisabetta Quirini, and of Lodovico and Gianpaolo Podocatharo, are certainly later,
and belong to the ‘Venetian Medallist of 1550’ (Hill, Burl. Mag., xxiii, 1913, p. 21; Archiv, i, pp. 122-6; J. de Foville,
Archiv, i, pp. 74-81), whether he be Danese Cattaneo, as Habich (p. 127) holds, or some one else. The medals of Riccio
and of Donato are accepted by the latest writer on the subject (Leo Planiscig, Andrea Riccio, 1927, pp. 211 f., 469; see
also T. W. Greene in N. Chr., 1913, p. 418) as the work of Riccio himself. It has been pointed out (Hill, P.M.I.A., p. 50;
J. de Foville, loc. cit.) that the medal of Riccio appears to be posthumous. The design of the reverse, with the motto
obstante genio, seems (pace Planiscig) to indicate a career cut short; although the broken tree is not quite killed, but
a branch—the master’s school—continues to bear leaves. The legend on the obverse, informing us that ‘aereum Divi
Antonii candelabrum fecit ’, also has all the air of an obituary notice. Planiscig’s argument, that the portrait is that of
a man of about forty years old, and therefore must have been made in Riccio’s lifetime, is unconvincing, because a posthu-
mous portrait would probably be copied from an earlier one, provided that was not too obviously youthful. The resem-
blance in style between the portrait on the medal and the self-portraits in Riccio’s own work is anything but apparent.
This medal is therefore omitted from the present volume. That of Donato will be found under the unattributed
pieces of the Venetian school (no. 530, Pl. 96).
PADUA, c. 1500-25
The following few medals may have been made at Padua rather than elsewhere.
BUZZACARINI (Scipione di Teofilo), of
Padua.
542. Obv. SIPIO A BVZAKRENVS A PAT Bust
r., adolescent, with thick hair falling to nape of
neck, wearing dress with full sleeves, open in
front showing shirt. Very high relief. Raised
rim.
Rev. D O N E C a Buzzacarini (?), laureate,
wearing long tunic, light mantle and scarf
which flutters across field, moving to 1., hold-
ing in r. sceptre, in out-stretched 1. fruit; behind,
partly covered by skirt of tunic, uncertain
object (two chains?). Raised rim.
(«) T. W. Greene, 48 mm. B.F.A.C., Ital. Sc., p. 117,
no. 73, Pl. 66. [Pl. 98.]
Milanesi (MS. Siena) mentions a specimen as being in
the Florence Gallery, but it is not included in Supino’s
Catalogue. In a previous publication I described the figure
on the reverse as female, but I am now inclined to think it
male. I cannot interpret the details at all. From informa-
tion kindly supplied by Sig. Luigi Rizzoli, Director of the
Museo Bottacin, it appears that Scipione di Teofilo Buzza-
carini became a citizen of Mantua in 1525 and was
chamberlain of honour to the Marquess Federigo II; in
1545 he put up an inscription to the Cardinal Sig. Gonzaga
and to his own mother Orsina Crema in the Santo; and
in 1551 he put up another in honour of his parents and
of his wife Maria and erected a family tomb in the same
church. He appears to have died in 1558. \Le famiglie
del Consiglio di Padova, MS. Padua, B. P. 146, f. 60; MS.
B. P. 1619 1; Salomonius (Jacobus), Urbis Patavinx, Inscr.,
1701, p. 373; B. Gonzati, La Basilica diS. Antonio, ii, 1853,
pp. 168, 177.] Since Scipione is called Pat(avinus) the
medal must be before 1525.
PESARO (Girolamo di Benedetto).
543. Obv. No inscr. Bust 1., elderly, with long
[
bushy hair, wearing plain cap (with point on
crown) and robe. Pearled border.
Rev. Within a wreath, HlERONYjMVS PIS
AVRVS I PADVAE PRAEFEC|TVS BENEDICTI | PRO
CVRATORIS | ► F U MDXV
Arm. II, 126, 12 (65 mm.). Heiss, Ven., p. 191, no. 1 bis
(misdescribed). Burl. Mag., xvi (1909), p. 26, Pl. ii, 5
(not the Berlin specimen). Boll, del Mus. Civ. di Padova,
N. S. i (1925), p. 72. [c. Pl. 98.]
(a) Berlin, 64-5 mm. (6) Venice, Mus. Correr, f 64 mm.
Catal., no. 386. (c) Gustave Dreyfus, 65 mm., ex
Addington {Catal., no. 47) and Baron Heath {Catal.,
no. 13) Collections.
My tentative attribution to Giulio della Torre {Burl. Mag.,
loc. cit.) must be abandoned; the likeness to the medal of
Socino is merely facial, and the lettering and use of pearled
border are not like the Veronese medallist. Girolamo
was captain of Padua from 24 June 1515 to 7 Jan. 1517.
Heiss confuses this Girolamo Pesaro with another, son of
Leonardo, who was procurator in 1549.
544. Obv. HIERONIMVS a PISAVRVS ► B « F ►
PROC Bust 1., reduced from the preceding
medal.
Rev. Within a wreath, padvaeIpraefecItvs
(leaf) kMDXV
Arm. II, 126, 13 (32 mm.). [c. Pl. 98.]
(«) Berlin, 31-5 mm. Simon, no. 345. {b) Brescia (Broz-
zoni), 32 mm. Rizz., no. 549. (c) London, f 32 mm.,
ex Rosenheim {Catal., 1923, no. 212). Boll, del Mus.
Civ. di Padova, loc. cit., p. 73, no. 2. {d) Paris, 32 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Ven., p. 190, no. 1, Pl. xii, 9.
(e) Venice, Pal. Due., J 31-5 mm. Le Gall. Naz. Ital.,
ii (1896), p. 48.
From this medal, at a later date, and probably
not at Padua, was made the following:—
545. Obv. Same inscr. as preceding. Bust 1.,
] ‘
PART III
ANDREA BRIOSCO, CALLED RICCIO
Of a number of medals which have been attributed to this most famous of bronze casters (who died in 1532), only two
have, in the light of recent research, retained any claim to consideration. These are the medals of the artist himself,
(Arm. I, 120, 1), and of Girolamo Donato (above, no. 530). The others which were attributed to him, such as the medals
of Girolamo and Elena Cornaro, of Elisabetta Quirini, and of Lodovico and Gianpaolo Podocatharo, are certainly later,
and belong to the ‘Venetian Medallist of 1550’ (Hill, Burl. Mag., xxiii, 1913, p. 21; Archiv, i, pp. 122-6; J. de Foville,
Archiv, i, pp. 74-81), whether he be Danese Cattaneo, as Habich (p. 127) holds, or some one else. The medals of Riccio
and of Donato are accepted by the latest writer on the subject (Leo Planiscig, Andrea Riccio, 1927, pp. 211 f., 469; see
also T. W. Greene in N. Chr., 1913, p. 418) as the work of Riccio himself. It has been pointed out (Hill, P.M.I.A., p. 50;
J. de Foville, loc. cit.) that the medal of Riccio appears to be posthumous. The design of the reverse, with the motto
obstante genio, seems (pace Planiscig) to indicate a career cut short; although the broken tree is not quite killed, but
a branch—the master’s school—continues to bear leaves. The legend on the obverse, informing us that ‘aereum Divi
Antonii candelabrum fecit ’, also has all the air of an obituary notice. Planiscig’s argument, that the portrait is that of
a man of about forty years old, and therefore must have been made in Riccio’s lifetime, is unconvincing, because a posthu-
mous portrait would probably be copied from an earlier one, provided that was not too obviously youthful. The resem-
blance in style between the portrait on the medal and the self-portraits in Riccio’s own work is anything but apparent.
This medal is therefore omitted from the present volume. That of Donato will be found under the unattributed
pieces of the Venetian school (no. 530, Pl. 96).
PADUA, c. 1500-25
The following few medals may have been made at Padua rather than elsewhere.
BUZZACARINI (Scipione di Teofilo), of
Padua.
542. Obv. SIPIO A BVZAKRENVS A PAT Bust
r., adolescent, with thick hair falling to nape of
neck, wearing dress with full sleeves, open in
front showing shirt. Very high relief. Raised
rim.
Rev. D O N E C a Buzzacarini (?), laureate,
wearing long tunic, light mantle and scarf
which flutters across field, moving to 1., hold-
ing in r. sceptre, in out-stretched 1. fruit; behind,
partly covered by skirt of tunic, uncertain
object (two chains?). Raised rim.
(«) T. W. Greene, 48 mm. B.F.A.C., Ital. Sc., p. 117,
no. 73, Pl. 66. [Pl. 98.]
Milanesi (MS. Siena) mentions a specimen as being in
the Florence Gallery, but it is not included in Supino’s
Catalogue. In a previous publication I described the figure
on the reverse as female, but I am now inclined to think it
male. I cannot interpret the details at all. From informa-
tion kindly supplied by Sig. Luigi Rizzoli, Director of the
Museo Bottacin, it appears that Scipione di Teofilo Buzza-
carini became a citizen of Mantua in 1525 and was
chamberlain of honour to the Marquess Federigo II; in
1545 he put up an inscription to the Cardinal Sig. Gonzaga
and to his own mother Orsina Crema in the Santo; and
in 1551 he put up another in honour of his parents and
of his wife Maria and erected a family tomb in the same
church. He appears to have died in 1558. \Le famiglie
del Consiglio di Padova, MS. Padua, B. P. 146, f. 60; MS.
B. P. 1619 1; Salomonius (Jacobus), Urbis Patavinx, Inscr.,
1701, p. 373; B. Gonzati, La Basilica diS. Antonio, ii, 1853,
pp. 168, 177.] Since Scipione is called Pat(avinus) the
medal must be before 1525.
PESARO (Girolamo di Benedetto).
543. Obv. No inscr. Bust 1., elderly, with long
[
bushy hair, wearing plain cap (with point on
crown) and robe. Pearled border.
Rev. Within a wreath, HlERONYjMVS PIS
AVRVS I PADVAE PRAEFEC|TVS BENEDICTI | PRO
CVRATORIS | ► F U MDXV
Arm. II, 126, 12 (65 mm.). Heiss, Ven., p. 191, no. 1 bis
(misdescribed). Burl. Mag., xvi (1909), p. 26, Pl. ii, 5
(not the Berlin specimen). Boll, del Mus. Civ. di Padova,
N. S. i (1925), p. 72. [c. Pl. 98.]
(a) Berlin, 64-5 mm. (6) Venice, Mus. Correr, f 64 mm.
Catal., no. 386. (c) Gustave Dreyfus, 65 mm., ex
Addington {Catal., no. 47) and Baron Heath {Catal.,
no. 13) Collections.
My tentative attribution to Giulio della Torre {Burl. Mag.,
loc. cit.) must be abandoned; the likeness to the medal of
Socino is merely facial, and the lettering and use of pearled
border are not like the Veronese medallist. Girolamo
was captain of Padua from 24 June 1515 to 7 Jan. 1517.
Heiss confuses this Girolamo Pesaro with another, son of
Leonardo, who was procurator in 1549.
544. Obv. HIERONIMVS a PISAVRVS ► B « F ►
PROC Bust 1., reduced from the preceding
medal.
Rev. Within a wreath, padvaeIpraefecItvs
(leaf) kMDXV
Arm. II, 126, 13 (32 mm.). [c. Pl. 98.]
(«) Berlin, 31-5 mm. Simon, no. 345. {b) Brescia (Broz-
zoni), 32 mm. Rizz., no. 549. (c) London, f 32 mm.,
ex Rosenheim {Catal., 1923, no. 212). Boll, del Mus.
Civ. di Padova, loc. cit., p. 73, no. 2. {d) Paris, 32 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Ven., p. 190, no. 1, Pl. xii, 9.
(e) Venice, Pal. Due., J 31-5 mm. Le Gall. Naz. Ital.,
ii (1896), p. 48.
From this medal, at a later date, and probably
not at Padua, was made the following:—
545. Obv. Same inscr. as preceding. Bust 1.,
] ‘