# Pazzi Cospiracy Medal, obverse: Lorenzo, reverse: Giuliano de' Medici [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Bronze, diameter: 6,4 cm ## Commentary This famous medal commemorates Giuliano and Lorenzo de' Medici after the Pazzi conspiration in 1478. The obverse depicts Lorenzo, who escaped, and the reverse in a mirror image portrays Giuliano who was killed in the Duomo during mass on 26 April. Both sides feature eccentrically floating, bust-length portraits \(associated with portraits by Botticelli\); each is framed by Brunelleschi's temporary wooden choir enclosing the high altar \(within which priests celebrated mass, unaware of the intrigue\). Its narrative content is unprecedented in a medal. The vignette below Giuliano depicts his assasination with journalistic exactitude, while the scene under Lorenzo portrays him warding off his attackers and fleeing. ## Related artworks - [Antonio Gratiadei \(obverse\)]() - [Battle \(detail\)]() - [Battle \(with Hercules\)]() - [Bellerophon and Pegasus]() - [Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor]() - [Frieze from the façade \(detail\)]() - [Frieze on the façade \(detail\)]() - [Frieze on the façade \(detail\)]() - [Hercules on Horseback]() - [Hercules with the Apple of the Hesperides]() - [Medal of Antonio Gratiadei]() - [Medal of Filippo de' Medici]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()