Jacopo da Trezzo
Jacopo da Trezzo (c. 1515 or 1519 - 1589) was an Italian medallist, sculptor of small pieces, and jeweller, who after beginning his career in Milan moved to employment by the Spanish Habsburgs at the start of 1555. He spent the rest of his career working for the Spanish court, apparently visiting England c. 1555 during the marriage of Philip II of Spain and Mary I of England, which lasted from 1554 to her death in 1558.[1]
He is not to be confused with his son, also called Jacopo da Trezzo and a sculptor, who died in Madrid in 1607.[2]
He was born Giacomo or Jacopo Nizzola (or Nizola) in Trezzo sull'Adda, then a village some 30 kilometres (19 miles) northeast of Milan on the Adda River (now included in Milan's Metropolitan region). He was born sometime between 1514 and 1519.
The "Calle de Jacamotrezo" is a street in central Madrid named after him, and there is a plaque on the Casa Matesanz, Gran Via 27, Madrid, recording the site of the house he lived in.
- "NPG", "Jacopo da Trezzo" bio (born 1519) "Between 1548 and 1578 Jacopo produced eleven medals, including variants, eight of which are signed."
- IACOPO Nizzola da Trezzo , Filippo Rossi - Enciclopedia Italiana (1933)
- NGA, 16 images
- Met Mary I in lead
- ^ Portrait of Jacopo da Trezzo (c. 1514–1589) by Anthonis Mor, Sotheby's, Lot 22, Old Masters Evening Sale, London, 4 December, 2019 (sold, £1.93 million)
- ^ Campbell, Gordon, The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts: Two-volume Set, p. 496, 2006, OUP