Object details
Accession number
M33n37
Creators
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Leone Leoni
(Menaggio, near Como, about 1509 - 1590, Milan)
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primary
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Laird Foundry
(active Paris, 19th century)
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bronze caster
Full title
Medal of Phillip II of Spain (1527-1598)
Creation Date
1548-1549
Provenance
Gift from the merchant Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844–1922) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 26 April 1920.
Marks
Inscribed (obverse): PHILIPVS. AVSTR. CAROLI. V. CAES. F.
Inscribed (reverse): COLIT ARDVA. VIRTVS
Inscribed (reverse) figures labeled: ERCVLES, VIRTVS, VOLVPTAS
Signed (reverse): .LEO. F.
Dimensions
8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Display Media
Bronze
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Vatichino
Bibliography
Philip Attwood. Italian Medals, c. 1530-1600, in British Public Collections. Vol. 1 (London, 2003), pp.99-100, no. 22.
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