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Gianello della Torre (1500–1585)

Loan
 (Italian, 1519–1589)
Dateca. 1550
MediumCopper alloy, cast
DimensionsDiam.: 3 1/8 in. (7.97 cm)
Credit LineDr. Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Collection
Accession numberSCHER.2014.15.194
Commentary
Unless otherwise noted, the dimensions indicate the medal’s diameter taken at the widest point.
On View Second Floor, Room 32, Medals Room
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Bronze portrait medal of Queen Mary Tudor of England, wearing a high-collared brocade gown fast…
Loan
Mary Tudor, Queen of England and Ireland (b. 1516; r. 1553–58)
Jacopo da Trezzo (Jacopo Nizzola)
1555
Bronze portrait medal of Maria of Austria wearing a high-collared robe, a large pendant, drop e…
Maria of Austria (1528–1603)
Jacopo da Trezzo (Jacopo Nizzola)
ca. 1552
Bronze portrait medal of Ippolyta Gonzaga wearing a loose, draped, classical-style gown, two ne…
Ippolita Gonzaga (obverse); Riding Aurora (reverse)
Jacopo da Trezzo (Jacopo Nizzola)
1551–52
Bronze portrait medal of Luca de Zuhari with a prominent double chin, in profile to the left
Luca de’ Zuhari
Style of Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)
ca. 1500
Bronze portrait medal of Antonia del Balzo wearing an elaborate hairnet and a necklace, in prof…
Antonia del Balzo (1461–1538)
Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)
ca. 1500
oil painting of a Venetian Procurator with a white beard and wearing a red cloak
Portrait of a Venetian Procurator
Circle of Jacopo Tintoretto
16th century
Bronze sculpture of Hercules. He stands upright, his right arm is stretched out to his side, a…
Hercules
Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)
probably 1499
Bronze portrait medal of Gianfranceso Gonzaga di Rovigo in profile to the left
Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Rodigo (obverse); Allegory of Fortune (reverse)
Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)
ca. 1490
Lead portrait medal of Sperone Speroni in a flat cap and high-collared cape, bearded, in profil…
Loan
Sperone Speroni (1500–1588)
Ludovico Leoni
after 1560
Bronze portrait medal of Giuliano delle Rovere wearing a round hat in profile to the right
Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, later Pope Julius II (b. 1443; Pontiff 1503–13) and Clemente della Rovere (b. 1462; Bishop of Mende, 1483–1504)
Giovanni Filangieri Candida
ca. 1495
Ivory medal of man in profile to the right wearing a periwig, embroidered collar, lace-trimmed …
Loan
Possibly Sir Robert Jackson (ca. 1585–1645)
late 17th–early 18th century
Silver medal of a man in profile to the left
Bartholomäus Schowinger the Elder, Patrician of St. Gallen (1500–1585)
Monogrammist I.M. (Isaak Melper?)
dated 1561
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