Artist: Adriano De Maestri Florentino
Data: 1495
Muziejus: Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid, Spain)
technika: Bronze
Elisabetta Gonzaga (1471–1526), daughter of Federico I, Marquess of Mantua, became the Duchess of Urbino in 1489 when she married Guidobaldo da Montefeltro. This piece has traditionally been attributed to the Florentine medallist Adriano de’ Maestri and therefore dated to 1495, as this was the only year the artist worked in that city. However, the style of the model, the original detail of the plait cutting through the legend on the obverse and, above all, the interpretation of the scene on the reverse suggest it was made later, in the early 16th century. Indeed, the legend, referring to fickle fortune, and the image on the reverse (a semi-nude female figure holding reins beneath a flaming ball) seem to allude to the duchess’s financial losses after her husband was overthrown by Cesare Borgia in 1502; if so, the medal could be attributed to Bartolomeo Melioli or his workshop, active at that time in Mantua, where Elisabetta found refuge.
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