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Francesco II Gonzaga, (Marquess of Mantua as a boy)

Francesco II Gonzaga, (Marquess of Mantua as a boy)

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Bartolommeo di Virgilio Melioli

Artist
Bartolommeo di Virgilio Melioli
(Italian, 1448 - 1514)
Title
Francesco II Gonzaga, (Marquess of Mantua as a boy)
Date
designed 1481 or 1484; cast from old original
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diam: 2 3/4 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Vernon and Sandra Hall
Accession No.
1977.1432
Classification
Medals
Geography
Italy

Related

Platt collection; after 1947, purchased by Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 1977, deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 19 November 1979, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Hill, George Francis. "A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance Before Cellini." London: British Museum, 1930. no. 196, 36
  • Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 78
  • Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 80, I: no.4

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