Filiberto II le Beau (the Fair), 1480-1504, 8th Duke of Savoy 1497, and Margaret of Austria, 1480-1530, His Wife [obverse]

Jean Marende

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture is a bas-relief circular medallion featuring two opposite-facing profiles of a man and a woman in the center. The man wears a head covering resembling a soft hat or cap, while the woman wears a draped headdress. Patterns of floral motifs, likely fleurs-de-lis, are depicted between and around them. An inscription in capital letters encircles the outer edge of the medallion. The sculpture has a golden-brown hue, suggesting it is made of bronze. The medallion appears flat and thin, resembling a large coin or a medallion with outward-facing ornamentation.