# Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos \(obverse\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FONTANA, Annibale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Bronze, diameter 7 cm

## Commentary

Francesco Ferdinando d&#39;Ávalos d&#39;Aquino, VII marquis of Pescara and III marquis of Vasto \(c. 1530-1571\), was commander in chief of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont, governor of the State of Milan \(1560-63\) and viceroy of Sicily \(1568-71\). Inscription around circumference: FERDINAND\[us\] FRAN\[ciscus\] DAVALOS DE AQVIN\[o\] MAR\[chio\] P\[escarae\].

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r03ca32d18e1a6f>)
- [Bust of Ottavio Farnese](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/bust-of-ottavio-farnese-rf4ce786a7ff394>)
- [Bust of Ottavio Farnese](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/bust-of-ottavio-farnese-rf762672b68e523>)
- [Detail of the façade](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/detail-of-the-faade-r2f6ca9b5fd5900>)
- [Drug Jar for Mithridate and Drug Jar for Theriac](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/drug-jar-for-mithridate-and-drug-jar-for-theriac-ra852e8c61ceb1f>)
- [Drug Jar for Theriac](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/drug-jar-for-theriac-r3adb1b946f035a>)
- [Francesco Ferdinando as Hercules Plucking the Apples of the Hesperides \(reverse\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/francesco-ferdinando-as-hercules-plucking-the-apples-of-the-hesperides-reverse-r70fa52bcc469ad>)
- [Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo \(obverse\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/giovanni-paolo-lomazzo-obverse-r74ef32a7771e4a>)
- [Hercules and Achelous](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/hercules-and-achelous-r54ad54b4c95c40>)
- [Hercules and Achelous](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/hercules-and-achelous-r7f76d472028f26>)
- [Hercules and Nessus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/hercules-and-nessus-r5e4e55da08c48d>)
- [Hercules Attacking the Lernean Hydra](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fontana-annibale-ra0d41884dae63d/hercules-attacking-the-lernean-hydra-rf8e58729a95934>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)