Giovanni Guido Agrippa (active c. 1501), was an Italian medalist[1] active in Venice.

Very little is known of the artist; he was in the service of the Doge Leonardo Loredan, on whose behalf he made commemorative medals, which were probably for his inauguration in 1501. One, titled A Triumph, with Venice Crowning Leonardo Loredano as Doge is held at the US National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The other is in the collection of the British Museum[2] The Yale Art Gallery also has a medal[3]

It is assumed he was a member of the lower nobility, as one of the medals is signed "knight"; and it was not the custom for artists to receive titles at that time.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Artist Info". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  2. ↑ "medal". British Museum. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Leonardo Loredano, Doge of Venice (1501-1519)". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  • Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker and a: General Encyclopedia of Artists of the antiquity to the present. Volume 1, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1907, pp. 137
  • Artists of the world: The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, p 571
  • Content translated from corresponding German Wikipedia article


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