CARADOSSO
(b. ca. 1452, Modonico, d. 1527, ?)

Medal of Julius II

1506
Bronze, diameter 5,7 cm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Caradosso was Bramante's collaborator for architectural ornament for his Milanese projects. The reverse of this medal shows Bramante's plan for St Peter's. This and a second medal, with a slightly different portrait, were cast for the founding of St Peter's.




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