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Portrait medal of Isotta degli Atti (obverse); An Elephant (reverse)
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Bronze (copper alloy with a brown patina under a worn layer of dark brown wax)
Rights: Public Domain
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
Title: Portrait medal of Isotta degli Atti (obverse); An Elephant (reverse)
Description:
Bronze (copper alloy with a brown patina under a worn layer of dark brown wax).
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