ticketsMember | Make a donation

Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici facing right within an elaborate cartouche flanked by Victory at the left and Mars at right, winged figures holding Medici coat of arms top center

1550
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici facing right within an elaborate cartouche flanked by Victory at the left and Mars at right, winged figures holding Medici coat of arms top center
  • Artist: Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara)
  • Publisher: Pietro de' Nobili (Italian, active Rome, 1584–85)
  • Publisher: Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome)
  • Subject: Giovanni de' Medici (Italian, Forli 1498–1526 Mantua)
  • Date: 1550
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 3/4 × 12 1/16 in. (47.7 × 30.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.942
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso), Enea Vico (?) Italian, Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)
Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso)
Enea Vico
ca. 1540–70
The Three Graces
Enea Vico
1542
The Lamentation before the Tomb
Enea Vico
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
1548
Leda and the Swan
Multiple artists/makers
1542
Punishment of the Courtesan Who Had Mocked Virgil
Multiple artists/makers
1542

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.