ANTICO
(b. ca. 1460, Mantova, d. 1528, Mantova)

Gonzaga Vase

1480-85
Bronze
Palazzo dei Musei, Modena

The bronze Gonzaga Vase bears Gianfrancesco Gonzaga's and his wife Antonia's personal devices. The design of the bronze vase was probably influenced by Mantegna, who was recorded in 1483 as having designed vases to be produced by the goldsmith Gian Marco Cavalli.