ENZOLA, Gianfrancesco di Luca
(active 1455-1478 in Parma)

Portrait medal of Bianca Pellegrini

1457
Bronze
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples

This medal presents on the obverse the bust of Bianca Pellegrini, the mistress of Pier Maria Rossi (1413-1482), one of the most powerful feudal lords in the region of Parma. The reverse shows a woman dressed as a pilgrim, carrying a pilgrim's staff and bundle, standing beneath the rays of the sun.




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