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2. www.metmuseum.org › art › collectionPortrait medal of Cecilia Gonzaga (obverse); Innocence and a ...

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   Portrait medal of Cecilia Gonzaga (obverse); Innocence and a Unicorn in a Moonlit Landscape (reverse) On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 964. Active in Verona and the Italian courts, the celebrated master Pisanello left behind a significant legacy, including a large corpus of drawings and several paintings.

3. italianrenaissancemedals.com › medals › cecilia-gonzagaCecilia Gonzaga – Italian Renaissance Medals

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   Description: Obverse: CICILIA · VIRGO · FILIA · IOHANNIS · FRANCISCI · PRIMI · MARCHIONIS · MANTVE. Bust facing left (half figure); hair taken up and fastened with riband; dress with loose falling sleeves. Reverse: Rocky landscape, lit by crescent moon; female semi-nude figure, symbolizing innocence.

4. www.wga.hu › html_m › pCecilia Gonzaga by PISANELLO - Web Gallery of Art

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   Cecilia Gonzaga ((1426-1451) was the daughter of the marquess of Mantua, Gianfrancesco Gonzaga who became a cloistered Clarissan nun in 1445. She must have had extraordinary talents; although nothing survives from her hand to demonstrate her achievements, she was extensively praised for her learning by an impressive array of intellectuals.

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   Media in category "Cecilia Gonzaga" This category contains only the following file. Pisano, Antonio, gen. Pisanello- Cecilia Gonzaga - Münzkabinett, Berlin - 5520876.jpg 2,500 × 1,226; 1.02 MB

6. collections.vam.ac.uk › item › O350071Medal | Pisanello | V&A Explore The Collections

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   Object type. Medal. Materials and techniques. Bronze. Bronze. Brief description. Medal, bronze, Cecilia Gonzaga, by Pisanello, Italy, dated 1447. Physical description. Medal depicts on the obverse the bust of Cecilia Gonzaga and on the reverse a maiden with a unicorn in a moonlit landscape.

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7. www.metmuseum.org › art › collectionMedal of Cecilia Gonzaga - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   Medal of Cecilia Gonzaga. Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) Italian. 1447. Not on view. In the dreamlike nocturnal scene on the medal’s reverse, an outsize unicorn lies gently at the feet of a half-clad maiden. Thus Pisanello, one of the great artists of the Renaissance, embraces the medieval legend of the taming of the unicorn to create a poetic ...

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   Who was Cecilia Gonzaga?

   • Cecilia Gonzaga, born in 1425, daughter of Gianfrancesco I. Entered the convent in 1444. Died in 1451 at the age of 26. Antonio Pisano (known as Pisanello) — Painter and Sculptor, 1395-1455. He was born in Pisa, worked in Rimini, Venice, Naples, Ferrara and Mantova. Pisanello is considered ‘The Creator’ of the Renaissance medals.

   Cecilia Gonzaga | Italian Renaissance Medals

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   What is a Cecilia Gonzaga medal?

   • Inspired by Roman coins, with their portraits of rulers and allegorical representations on the reverse, the medals commemorated individuals or events and functioned as gifts and mementoes. This medal -- the first to portray a woman - depicts Cecilia Gonzaga, the beautiful and learned daughter of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

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   Why did Cecilia Gonzaga choose to marry Oddantonio da Montefeltro?

   • Cecilia Gonzaga was celebrated as a scholar despite her few years. Wishing to pursue her studies rather than marry she elected to join a convent but this met with opposition from her father who had independently arranged for her to marry Oddantonio da Montefeltro of Urbino.

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   How did Cecilia become a prodigy of learning and chastity?

   • Cecilia became a prodigy of learning and chastity. She was one of the cleverest of Vittorino's pupils and astonished Ambrogio Traversari by her progress in Greek at the age of seven. She was tall and beautiful. She became a Clarissan nun at Santa Paola, a convent attached to the church of Corpus Domini in Mantua.

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9. www.frick.org › exhibitions › scherCecilia Gonzaga | The Frick Collection

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   Cecilia Gonzaga (1426–1451), dated 1447. Copper alloy, cast. Diam.: 3 3/8 in. (8.58 cm) Scher Collection. Cat. 9. Video. The Pursuit of Immortality: Masterpieces from the Scher Collection of Portrait Medals. Browse Exhibition. All Objects.