Medal of Phillip II of Spain
medalist
Leone Leoni
(Menaggio, near Como, about 1509 - 1590, Milan)
bronze caster
Laird Foundry
(French, 1800 - 1899)
Date1548-1549
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumBronze
Dimensions8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM33n37
eMuseum ID723686
EmbARK ObjectID16951
Previous NumberXM14
TMS Source ID5276
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Attwood. Italian Medals, c. 1530-1600, in British Public Collections. Vol. 1 (London, 2003), pp.99-100, no. 22.
MarksNotesInscribed (obverse): PHILIPVS. AVSTR. CAROLI. V. CAES. F.
Inscribed (reverse): COLIT ARDVA. VIRTVS
Inscribed (reverse) figures labeled: ERCVLES, VIRTVS, VOLVPTAS
Signed (reverse): .LEO. F.
Inscribed (reverse): COLIT ARDVA. VIRTVS
Inscribed (reverse) figures labeled: ERCVLES, VIRTVS, VOLVPTAS
Signed (reverse): .LEO. F.
ProvenanceNotesGift from the merchant Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844–1922) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 26 April 1920.
