Commemorative Medals, Spain, Juan de Herrera (1530 –1597), Architect and Mathematician, Bronze Medal, 1578, by Jacopo Nizolla da Trezzo (1515/1519-1589), signed IAc tr 1578, bearded bust left in ruff collar, rev. figure of Architecture seated before classical building, in ex, DEO ET OPT PRINC, 50mm (Pollard [2007] 507; Kress 440; Arm I, 242, 8; M Cano Cuesta [Prado] 1), somewhat knocked and bruised, fine
Under the patronage of Philip II, Herrera was the architect of the Palace at Escoril.
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