Past Exhibition

Girolamo Savonarola

Bronze portrait medal of Girolamo Savonarola wearing a hooded cape and holding a large crucifix in both hands
Bronze medal divided by a vertical line. On the left of the line, a dove resting on clouds looks over a small city. On the right a hand holding a dagger descends from the sky above some buildings

Unknown Florentine artist
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), after 1492
Copper alloy, cast
Diam.: 3 9/16 in. (9.03 cm)
Scher Collection

Cat. 28