detail of an engraving depicting a bust of Fracastoro. The inscription points to the bust in question to be the large medallion (diameter 48 cm) by Giovanni da  Cavino although the resemblance is poor. The medallion is frequently reproduced e.g. fig. 15 of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.burlington.org.uk/magazine/back-issues/2013/201301/">J. Dunkerton et al., Burlington Mag., 2013, vol CLV: 4-15</a>; also fig. 187. of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qFYVAAAAIAAJ&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PA455#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=true">Harold Maxwell, Sydney Selwyn: A history of medicine</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_della_Via" class="extiw" title="en:Alessandro della Via">Alexandro dalla Via</a>, um 1688 – 1724 in Verona u. Venedig tätig.</div>
circa 1688 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1688-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>/1724
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