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1966.108.11.a

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Gianfrancesco Trivulzio

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Artist

Pier Paolo Galeotti (Pier Paolo Romano) (ca. 1520 - 1584)

Title

Gianfrancesco Trivulzio

Creation Date

ca. 1548

Century

16th century

Dimensions

2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.108.11.a

Object Description

33 GIANFRANCESCO TRIVULZIO (1509-73), Marquess of Vigevano, Count of Mesocco (1519-49), Rheinwald and Stoss

Obv. Bust to right, in armor and cloak. Around, lO . FRAN . TRI . MAR . VIG . CO . MVSO . AC . VAL . REN . T . STOSA . D; on truncation, AET 39
Rev. Fortune on a dolphin on a sea full of swimmers and drowning people, four zephyrs around. Around, FVI SVM ET ERO
Bronze, aftercast, 57 mm.

The medal has been attributed to Galeotti. The sitter's age dates the medal to about 1548.

Bibl.: Arm. 2, p. 302,13 bis; Rosati, no. 212; Kress, no. 360a; Salton, no. 42; Habich, pl. 96, 5 (as Milanese); Supino, no. 673 (as Milanese); Forrer 2, p. 192 (ill.); Brescia i, p. 50, no. 329; Madrid, p. 232, no. 447; Tervarent, col. 145, 5 (Fortune and dolphin); G. F. Hill, A Guide to the Exhibition of Medals of the Renaissance in the British Museum, London 1923, p. 39 (as hardly in the style of Galeotti).