Portrait medal of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (obverse); Il Gesù (reverse)
Object type: Medal
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Artist: Giovanni V. Melon
Artist bio: Italian, active ca. 1570–90
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1575
Medium: Bronze (Copper alloy with a warm
brown patina).
Dimensions: Diam. 4.7 cm, wt. 34.51 g.
Classification: Medals
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Churches|Profiles|Men