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1966.106.16.a

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Ippolita Di Ferdinando Gonzaga

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Artist

Jacopo da Trezzo Nizolla (Milan, ca. 1515-1519 - 1589)

Title

Ippolita Di Ferdinando Gonzaga

Creation Date

1552

Century

16th century

Dimensions

2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.106.16.a

Object Description

59 IPPOLITA DI FERDINANDO GONZAGA (1535- 63) 1552

Obv. Bust to left, wearing double necklace and loose drapery. Around, HIPPOLYTA . GONZAGA . FERDINANDI . FIL . AN . XVII; below, IAC TREZ
Rev. Aurora, in a chariot drawn by a winged horse, holds a torch and scatters flowers. Around, VIRTVTIS FORAEMQ PRAEVIA
Bronze, 67 mm. Hole at top

The obverse portrait derives from a Leone Leoni prototype of the year before. Ippolita married Fabrizio Colonna (died 1551) in 1548 and Antonio Caraffa in 1554.

Bibl.: Arm. i, p. 241,1; Salton, no. 68; Rosati, no. 181; Kress, no. 438; Habich, p. 134, pl. 94,4; Naples, p. 92; Supino, no. 412; Brescia i, p. 51, no. 336; MM. i, pp. 327-28, pl. 70,5; Madrid, p. 169, no. 276; Magnaguti, no. 138, pl. 22; Tervarent, cols. 78 (Car of Aurora), 79 (ref. to medal, 1552); 182, 191 (attributes of Aurora).

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