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Mary I (1516-1558), Queen of England 1553

Mary I (1516-1558), Queen of England 1553

Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo

Artist
Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo
(Italian, ca. 1514 - 1589)
Title
Mary I (1516-1558), Queen of England 1553
Date
designed 1554; early cast
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
diam: 65 mm overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1977.1464
Classification
Medals
Geography
Italy

Related

Platt collection; after 1947, purchased by Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 1976, deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 16 January 1981, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

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  • Hawkins, Edward. "Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II." 2 vols. ed. Augustus W. Franks and Herbert A. Grueber. London: British Museum, 1885. vol I: 72, no. 20
  • Babelon, Jean. "Jacopo da Trezzo et la construction de L'Escurial." Bordeaux: Bibliotèque de l'École de Hautes Études Hispaniques, Fascicule III, 1922. p. 201
  • Strong, Roy. "Tudor and Jacobean Portraits." 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1982. p. 209, no. 446
  • Attwood, Philip. "Italian Medals c. 1530-1600 in British Public Collection." 2 vols. London: The British Museum Press, 2003. p. 119, no. 80

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