Jacopo da Trezzo

Jacopo da Trezzo

1515 1589

Medallist from Italy (1515–1589)

Jacopo da Trezzo was an Italian Renaissance sculptor of medals and jeweller, who after beginning his career in Milan moved to employment by the Spanish Habsburgs in 1554. He spent the rest of his career working for the Spanish court, beginning by visiting England in 1554–55 during the marriage of Philip II of Spain and Mary I of England, which lasted from 1554 to her death in 1558.

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