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Gianfrancesco Gonzaga I

(Italian, about 1395–1455)
1439–44 or later cast
Place of ManufactureItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 95 mm (3 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Martin Brimmer
Accession number87.75
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed above "CAPIT·M[AXI·ARMI]GERORVM.", across field "IOHANESFR ANCICVS·/·DE·GONZAGA·", and below "PRIMVS·MARCHIO·MANTVE". Reverse: Signed above "OPVS·/PISANI/PICTO/RI/S·".
ProvenanceBy 1887, Martin Brimmer; 1887, gift of Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 1887)
Leonello d'Este
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1440–50
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1441
Alfonso V
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
1449
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1441 or later
Group shot: 87.69, 23.204
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
probably reproduction of original 15th century
Leonello d'Este
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1443
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1448–50
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1440–50
Niccolò Piccinino
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1441
Leonello d'Este
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
after 1444
Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli (called Niccolò Fiorentino)
16th century or modern cast