# Medal of Jean d'Anjou \(obverse\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LAURANA, Francesco]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Lead, diameter 87 mm ## Commentary From 1461 to 1466 Laurana worked in Provence, largely in Marseille. During this period he made medals for René I, Duke of Anjou, and his circle. The designs of the medals, which show a familiarity with those from the circles of Pisanello and Matteo de’ Pasti, combine Late Gothic elements with Classical motifs based on Roman medals. The obverse of the medal shows Jean d'Anjou, Duke of Calabria and Lorraine \(1427–1470\). The inscription in margin: IOHANES DVX CALABER ET LOTHORINGVS SIOVLI · REGIS PRIMOGENITVS ## Related artworks - [Alfonso of Aragon in Triumph with his Court \(detail\)]() - [Battista Sforza]() - [Battista Sforza]() - [Beatrice of Aragon]() - [Bust of a Lady]() - [Bust of a Lady]() - [Bust of a Princess]() - [Bust of Eleanor of Aragon]() - [Carrying the Cross]() - [Carrying the Cross]() - [Death-mask of a Woman \(Battista Sforza?\)]() - [Entrance Arch]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()