Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Muses / With other figures / Apollo / Apollo surrounded by the Muses (on Parnasssus or Helicon) / Adaptations
Pegasus / Allegories

PORTRAITS

Aristocrats / Italy / Gonzaga / Borromeo, Barbara countess of Novellara (c.1538-1572)

Further details

Cast bronze medal, gilt obverse; inscription obverse: BARBARA GONZ. BORR. COM. NOVELL. ANN. XVII; inscription reverse: NON. VLLI. OBNOXIA. VENTO

Artist or creator

Tuscan

Date

1555

Location

London, British Museum (Dept. of Coins and Medals) (BM. M 0230)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Project

Corpus of Medals

Bibliographic Citation

P. Attwood, Italian Medals c. 1530-1600, London 2003, v. I, pp. 366-367, no. 904a; v. II, pl. 193

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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