Elisabetta Querini (d. 1559)
Loan
Danese Cattaneo
(Italian, ca. 1509–1572)
Dateca. 1550
MediumCopper alloy, cast
DimensionsDiam.: 1 11/16 in. (4.28 cm)
Credit LineDr. Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Collection
Accession numberSCHER.2014.15.169
CommentaryElisabetta Querini, daughter of the Venetian Francesco Querini, was
a celebrated beauty and learned woman of her time. She married
Lorenzo Massolo in 1512 and was widowed in 1556. They were
patrons of Titian and commissioned from him a portrait of Elisabetta
(ca. 1534, now lost) and the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence in the
Gesuiti in Venice.
Source: Scher, Stephen K., et al. The Scher Collection of Commemorative Medals. New York and London, 2019.
