# Medal of Ippolita di Ferdinando Gonzaga [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEONI, Leone]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Cast bronze, diameter 67 mm ## Commentary This portrait shows Ippolita \(1535-1563\), daughter of Ferdinando \(Ferrante\) Gonzaga one of the most beautiful and accomplished women of her day, at the age of sixteen. She married in 1549 with Fabrizio Colonna, hereditary prince of Paliano, and in 1554 with Antonio Carafa, duke of Mondragone. Signature on obverse \(in inner arc, to right, in Greek\): Leone, the Aretine. Inscription on obverse \(in margin\): HYPPOLYTA . GONZAGA . FERDINANDI . FIL\[ia\] . AN\[no\] . XVI . \(Ippolita Gonzaga, daughter of Ferdinando \[at the age of\] 16\). Inscription on reverse: \(in margin\): PAR . VBIQ\[ue\] . POTESTAS . \(powerful alike in both worlds\). ## Related artworks - [Andrea Doria \(obverse\), Leone Leoni \(reverse\)]() - [Bust of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V]() - [Bust of Mary of Hungary as Widow]() - [Bust of Mary of Hungary]() - [Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]() - [Emperor Charles V]() - [Empress Isabella]() - [Empress Isabella]() - [Façade of the Casa degli Omenoni \(detail\)]() - [Façade of the Casa degli Omenoni \(detail\)]() - [Façade of the Casa degli Omenoni]() - [Ferrante Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla \(back side\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()