1972.286: Gian Giacomo Medici di Marignano (1497-1555)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.286

People

? Pietro Paolo Galeotti, Italian, Florentine (1520 - 1584 Florence)

Title

Gian Giacomo Medici di Marignano (1497-1555)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Jacopo de'Medici (1497-1555), Marquess of Marignan (Melegnago), General of Charles V

Classification

Medals and Medallions

Work Type

medal

Date

16th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/226418

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze with golden brown patina

Dimensions

5.6 cm diam. x 0.5 cm depth (2 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
60.56 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: obverse, around perimeter: IA · MED · MARCH · MELEG · ET · CAES · CAP · GNALIS · CZ
• inscription: reverse, around perimeter: QVO ME FATA VOCANT [=whither the fates may call]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Frederick M. Watkins, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

1972.286

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Medici in right profile, bearded, wearing cloak over armor. Reverse: Pegasus. Spotty patina, appears to have been applied.

Publication History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 24, pp. 174-175, repr.

Exhibition History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

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