# Medal of Ippolita Gonzaga [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TREZZO, Jacopo da]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Bronze, cast, diameter 7 cm ## Commentary Medal of Ippolita Gonzaga c. 1552 Bronze, cast, diameter 7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On the obverse of the medal the portrait of Ippolita Gonzaga is shown. Ippolita was the daughter of the governor of Milan, Ferrante Gonzaga. The inscription reveals that this was made when she was 17 years old. Her dress and elaborate hairstyle evoke ancient Roman styles. Inscription on the obverse \(in margin\): HIPPOLYTA GONZAGA FERDINANDI FIL\[IA\] AN\[NO\] XVII \[trans.: Ippolita Gonzaga, daughter of Ferdinando \[at the age of\] XVII\]. The reverse showing Aurora in a Chariot Riding across the Heavens, is handled with considerable skill in its modelling and suggestion of space. Inscription on the reverse \(in margin\): VIRTVTIS FORMAEQ\[ue\] PRAEVIA \[trans.: The harbinger of virtue and beauty\]. ## Related artworks - [Bust of Don Carlos \(front side of the pendant\)]() - [Bust of Philip II of Spain \(back side of the pendant\)]() - [Medal of Gianello della Torre]() - [Medal of Ippolita Gonzaga]() - [Medal of Mary Tudor, Queen of England]() - [Tabernacle]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()