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Jacopo da Trezzo (c. 1515 or 1519 – 1589) 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.[1]
He was born Giacomo or Jacopo Nizzola (or Nizola), sometime between 1514 and 1519, 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). In Spain he became known as Jacometrezo.[2] In Brussels in the 1550s he signed documents as "Jacobo" or "Jacomo da Trezo".[3]
He is probably now best known for his eleven medals, probably produced between 1548 and 1578, in Italy, England and Spain.[4]
- ^ Sotheby's
- ^ Sotheby's; Rossi. As with many dates relating to Jacopo, various dates appear in different sources.
- ^ Cupperi
- ^ "Jacopo da Trezzo" bio, National Portrait Gallery, London "Between 1548 and 1578 Jacopo produced eleven medals, including variants, eight of which are signed."
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