THE IMAGE ARCHIVEGiovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families
ca. 1449
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Free to download and reuse. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Artist
- Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · Italian, San Giovanni Valdarno 1406–1486 Florence
- Date
- ca. 1449
- Medium
- Tempera, silver, and gold on wood
- Dimensions
- Overall, with engaged frame, diameter 36 1/2 in. (92.7 cm); recto, painted surface, diameter 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm); verso, painted surface, diameter 29 5/8 in. (75.2 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Credit
- Purchase in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy: Rogers Fund, The Annenberg Foundation, Drue Heinz Foundation, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, Wrightsman and Gwynne Andrews Funds, special funds, and Gift of the children of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1995