Medal: Francesco II Gonzaga, model ca. 1480 or 1484 (cast 16th or 17th century), Bronze, Diam. 6.9 cm, wt. 116.28 g., Medals, Bartolommeo Melioli (Italian, Mantua, 1448–1514), The obverse bears a portrait of Francesco II Gonzaga (1466–1519), fourth marquess of Mantua. On the reverse is a standing female holding a basket with a scroll and staff, and flanked by water and fire, who may represent the personification of Health, possibly a reference to Francesco’s recovery from a life-threatening illness in 1484
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Medal, Francesco II Gonzaga, model ca, 1480, 1484, cast 16th, 17th century, Bronze, Diam, 6.9 cm, wt, 116.28 g, Medals, Bartolommeo Melioli, Italian, Mantua, 1448–1514, obverse, bears, portrait, II, Gonzaga, 1466–1519, fourth marquess, reverse, standing female, holding, basket, scroll, staff, flanked, water, fire, represent, personification, Health, reference, Francesco, recovery, life-threatening illness
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