{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O238395"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O238395/"}},"images":null,"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O238395","accessionNumber":"4494-1858","objectType":"Medal","titles":[{"title":"Giulia Astallia","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"This medal depicting Giulia Astallia, is made in the style of L'Antico, who was born ca. 1460 and died in 1528.\r\nThis medal was executed in the early 16th century in Mantua in Italy.\r\n\r\nThe medallist Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari (or Ilario) Bonacolsi, also called L'Antico was a celebrated bronze-worker and medallist and probably born in Mantua about 1460 or earlier.\r\n\r\nAn expert in goldsmith work, bronze sculpture and medals, he earned his nickname ‘Antico’ because of his ‘astonishing penetration of antiquity’ (Nesselrath). He achieved lasting fame through his small-scale re-creations (often also reinterpretations) of famous, but often fragmentary, statues of antiquity (e.g. the Apollo belvedere, Rome, Vatican, Mus. Pio-Clementino, and the Spinario, Rome, Mus. Conserv.). Most of these bronze statuettes were made for the Gonzaga family, notably for Ludovico, Bishop of Mantua, and for Isabella d’Este, wife of Francesco II Gonzaga, 4th Marchese of Mantua. Antico also restored ancient marble statues and acted as an adviser to collectors.","physicalDescription":"Medal depicts on the obverse the bust of Giulia Astallia to the left and on the reverse a phoenix. The figure of Giulia is shown half, head bent a little forward, hair in long braid knotted up and tied with fillet. bodice laced in front, neck open.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Antico","id":"A6577"},"association":{"text":"medallist","id":"AAT25337"},"note":"style of"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"bronze","id":"AAT10957"}],"techniques":[{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Bronze","categories":[{"text":"Coins & Medals","id":"THES48974"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES395704"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Medal giulia astalia/a phoenix","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"early 16th century","earliest":"1500-01-01","latest":"1550-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"6.35","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Medal, made in the style of l'Antico, Italy, Mantua, early 16th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hill, George Francis. <u> A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance, Before Cellini, Volume I, Text</u>. London: British Museum, 1930, pp. 53, 54, No. 218"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1858. <u>In</u>: <u>Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I</u>. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 17"}],"production":"Italy, Mantua","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Astallia, Giulia","id":"N9570"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"phoenix","id":"x34610"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["4494-1858"],"accessionNumberNum":"4494","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1858,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-13","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-02","availableToBook":true}}