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There's some information about Neudeck in Forrer's "Biographical Dicionary of Medallists", available online here: https://archive.org/stream/biographicaldict04forriala#page/244/mode/2up Fro… (View Post)

I plan to be there; thinking about trying out the Thursday preview day. (View Post)

Girolamo Cardano / Figures Within a Landscape Unknown Milanese medallist, c. 1550. Bronze, 50.5 mm Ø, 59.3 g Obverse: Bust of Girolamo Cardano facing right, wearing doublet and coat. Around, HIER · C… (View Post)

I was fortunate to be able to acquire my holy grail: a good quality, though worn, cast of Pisanello's medal of John VIII Palaeologus: Lead, 101.6 mm Ø, 504.4 g Pisanello is regarded as the inventor o… (View Post)

It's not US, but here's an example of what is generally considered the first portrait medal of the Italian Renaissance and the work that birthed the art form. This medal portrays the penultimate empe… (View Post)