Empress Maria (1520–1603)
A silver medal shows a woman in profile facing left, wearing a lace-edged ruff, a close headdress and a high-collared gown with diagonal trim. The inscription MARIA IMPER runs around the left edge, with MDLXXV and a small signature at the right. The relief is crisp and evenly lit against the plain field.
Look closer: A small signature or monogram is incised near the lower right edge of the medal.
- Artist
- Antonio Abondio
- Date
- 1575
- Medium
- Silver
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 4000 × 3999 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1575).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1989