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Camillo Gonzaga

Medal
1554 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

The depicted Camillo Gonzaga was Count of Novellara. He was the son of Alessandro Gonzaga and succeeded him in 1533. In 1555 he married Barbara Borromeo. With his two brothers he served in the Imperial Army, fighting in Flanders and Germany. He retired in Novellara and led a life of exemplary piety.
The medal shows the Count aged 33.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleCamillo Gonzaga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Camillo Gonzaga, unknown medallist, Italy, dated 1554
Physical description
Medal depicts on the obverse bust to left of Gonzaga, bearded, wearing a cloak over armour. Inscription.
On the reverse on the right a stump of a tree with one branch in leaf on which armour is hung. Inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 4.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CAMILVS GONZ . COM . NOVELL . AN . XXXIII' (obverse)
  • 'AD . VTRVMQVE . PARATVS' (reverse)
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Subject depicted
Gonzaga, Camillo
Summary
The depicted Camillo Gonzaga was Count of Novellara. He was the son of Alessandro Gonzaga and succeeded him in 1533. In 1555 he married Barbara Borromeo. With his two brothers he served in the Imperial Army, fighting in Flanders and Germany. He retired in Novellara and led a life of exemplary piety.
The medal shows the Count aged 33.
Bibliographic references
  • 'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 45
  • Chambers, David and Martineau, Jane (eds.), Splendours of the Gonzaga : Catalogue, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1981 no.151
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.315-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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