LAUTIZIO DI MEO DE ROTELLI
(active 1511-1527)

Seal of Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici

c. 1520
Gold
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Lautizio di Meo (Lautizio da Perugia) was an Italian goldsmith and medallist, active in Perugia.

The original mold of the seal of Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici is conserved in the Bargello, Florence. In the design, Lautizio largely adheres to the principles of Raphaelesque composition, with the figures framing a traditional background consisting of architecture and a landscape.




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