Medal of Mary I of England
medalist
Jacopo da Trezzo I
(Milan, 1515/1519 - 1589, Madrid)
foundry
Laird Foundry
(French, 1800 - 1899)
Date1554
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumBronze
Dimensions6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM33n21
eMuseum ID723654
Previous NumberXM16
EmbARK ObjectID16953
TMS Source ID5278
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.
BibliographyNotesStephen 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.
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.
MarksNotesInscribed (obverse): MARIA. I. REG. ANGL. FRANC. ET. HIB. FIDEI. DEFENSATRIX
Inscribed (reverse): CECIS VISVS TIMIDIS. QVIES
Inscribed (reverse): CECIS VISVS TIMIDIS. QVIES
ProvenanceNotesGift from the merchant Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844–1922) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 26 April 1920.
