{"product_id":"18519-savonarola-girolamo-robbia-francesco-della-after-uniface-portrait-medal","title":"Savonarola, Girolamo. (1452–1498) [Robbia, Francesco della. (1477 - 1527) AFTER] Uniface Portrait Medal","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAnonymous uniface portrait medal, facing left in monastic hood and gown, inscribed F · HIERONYMVS SAVONAROLA ORDINIS PRAEDICAT (\"Friar Hieronymous Savonarola of the Order of Preachers\").  3.3 inch (8 cm.) diameter. With a hanging loop welded to the reverse. Very fine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eBased on portrait by della Robbia (coloured plaster, Museo di San Marco, Florence), \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e the present medal is undated but likely dates to the 19th century. An example of this design but with an unfinished reverse \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eside depicting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ea vision of Savonarola, in which the sword of God strikes at the earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, is in the collection of the Museo Lázaro Galdiano of Madrid, Spain.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe Italian \u003c\/span\u003eDominican friar\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e from \u003c\/span\u003eFerrara\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and preacher active in \u003c\/span\u003eRenaissance Florence \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ewas known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of secular art and culture, and his calls for Christian renewal. He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor and \u003c\/span\u003espoke out against Lorenzo de'Medici. Continuously angering the Duke of Milan and Pope Alexander VI, Savonarola was excommunicated in 1497 and executed in 1498 for supposed heresies and other crimes.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093685391519,"sku":"18519","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Savonarola_18519.jpg?v=1722189684","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18519-savonarola-girolamo-robbia-francesco-della-after-uniface-portrait-medal","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}