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Medal: Francesco II Gonzaga

model ca. 1480 or 1484 (cast 16th or 17th century)
Not on view
The obverse bears a portrait of Francesco II Gonzaga (1466–1519), fourth marquess of Mantua. On the reverse is a standing female holding a basket with a scroll and staff, and flanked by water and fire, who may represent the personification of Health, possibly a reference to Francesco’s recovery from a life-threatening illness in 1484. She has also been identified as Prudence or Good Government. The aftercast may date from the sixteenth or seventeenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Medal: Francesco II Gonzaga
  • Artist: Bartolommeo Melioli (Italian, Mantua, 1448–1514)
  • Date: model ca. 1480 or 1484 (cast 16th or 17th century)
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: Diam. 6.9 cm, wt. 116.28 g.
  • Classification: Medals
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1288
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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