Object details
Object number
M33n21
Creator(s)
Title
Medal of Mary I of England (1516-1558)
Date
1554
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (obverse): MARIA. I. REG. ANGL. FRANC. ET. HIB. FIDEI. DEFENSATRIX
Inscribed (reverse): CECIS VISVS TIMIDIS. QVIES
Provenance
Gift from the merchant Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844–1922) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 26 April 1920.
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.
Bibliography
Stephen K. Scher. Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance (New York, 1994), pp.158-160, no. 54.
Philip Attwood. Italian Medals, c. 1530-1600, in British Public Collections. Vol. 1 (London, 2003), pp.119-120, no. 80.
John Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals. Volume one: Italy. (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2007), p. 506, no. 504.
Gallery
Vatichino
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