Francesco II Gonzaga, 1466-1519, 4th Marquess of Mantua 1484 [obverse]
c. 1495
Artist, Mantuan, c. 1425/1428 - c. 1504

Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
gross weight: 284.52 gr (0.627 lb.)
axis: 12:00 -
Accession
1957.14.724.a
Associated Artworks

Francesco Gonzaga on Horseback, with Soldiers [reverse]
Sperandio
1495
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir John Charles Robinson [1824-1913], London; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19-21 May 1884, no. 43); Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased with the entire Dreyfus collection 9 July 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 31 January 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1957 to NGA.
[1] The Duveen Brothers Records document the firm’s sixteen year pursuit and eventual acquisition of the Dreyfus collection, which included paintings, sculptures, small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes. Bequeathed as part of his estate to Dreyfus’ widow and five children (a son and four daughters), who had differing opinions about its disposition, the collection was not sold until after his widow’s death in April 1929. Duveen did not wish to separate Dreyfus’ collection of small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes, and it was sold intact to the Kress Foundation for a price that was met by installment payments every three months. (Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: reel 301, box 446, folders 3 and 4; reel 302, box 447, folders 1-6; reel 303, box 448, folders 1 and 2; reel 330, box 475, folder 4.) See also George Francis Hill’s discussion "A Note on Pedigrees" in his catalogue, The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Medals, Oxford, 1931: xii, which was commissioned by Duveen Brothers.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1967
Hill, George Francis, and Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art. London, 1967: no. 131.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 51, no. 14.
2007
Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 91, repro.
Inscriptions
around circumference: FRANCISCVS GONZAGA MANTVAE MARCHIO AC VENETI EXERC[itus] IMP[erator]
Wikidata ID
Q63847834