Ferrante Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla (1506–1557)

Artist:: Medalist: Leone Leoni (Italian, Menaggio ca. 1509–1590 Milan)

Date:: 1555–56

Culture:: Italian

Medium:: Lead

Dimensions:: Diameter: 3 in. (76 mm)

Classification:: Medals and Plaquettes

Credit Line:: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936

Accession Number:: 36.110.17

Not on view

Signature: Unsigned

Inscription: (in margin) FER[rante].GONZ[aga].PRAEF[ectus].GAL[liae].CISAL[pinae].TRIB[unus].MAX[imus].LEGG[ionis].CAROLI.V.CAES[aris]AVG[ustus] [trans.: Ferrante Gonzaga, prefect of Cisalpine Gaul, Chief Tribune of the legion of Charles the fifth the August.]

Henry Oppenheimer (until 1936; sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, July 27, 1936, no. 141; sold to MMA)

Essays
Cameo Appearances

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (42,433)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Leone Leoni (12)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1400–1600 (26,339)

Martinus de Hanna

Artist: Medalist: Leone Leoni (Italian, Menaggio ca. 1509–1590 Milan) Date: ca. 1525–50 Medium: Bronze Accession: 23.280.31 On view in:Not on view

Maximilian II of Austria and Maria, daughter of Charles V

Artist: Medalist: Leone Leoni (Italian, Menaggio ca. 1509–1590 Milan) Date: 16th century Medium: Gilt bronze Accession: 31.33.246 On view in:Not on view

The Infante Philip of Spain, later Philip II of Spain (1527–98, r. 1556)

Artist: Medalist: Leone Leoni (Italian, Menaggio ca. 1509–1590 Milan) Date: 1549 Medium: Bronze, brown patina, cast Accession: 36.110.13 On view in:Not on view

Ippolita di Ferdinando Gonzaga (1535–1563)

Artist: Medalist: Leone Leoni (Italian, Menaggio ca. 1509–1590 Milan) Date: 1551–52 Medium: Lead Accession: 36.110.16 On view in:Not on view

Ippolita di Ferdinando Gonzaga (1535–1563) at the age of 16

Artist: Medalist: Leone Leoni (Italian, Menaggio ca. 1509–1590 Milan) Date: 1551–52 Medium: Bronze, cast Accession: 31.33.17 On view in:Not on view