塞西莉亚·贡扎加肖像勋章（正面）；月光下的天真与独角兽（反面） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	塞西莉亚·贡扎加肖像勋章（正面）；月光下的天真与独角兽（反面）
品名（英）	Portrait medal of Cecilia Gonzaga (obverse); Innocence and a Unicorn in a Moonlit Landscape (reverse)
入馆年号	1975年，1975.1.1307
策展部门	罗伯特·雷曼典藏系列（Robert Lehman Collection）
创作者	Pisanello (Antonio Pisano)【1395 至 1455】【意大利人】
创作年份	公元 1447
创作地区
分类	奖章（Medals）
尺寸	直径 8.4 厘米, wt. 142.55 g.
介绍（中）	活跃于维罗纳和意大利宫廷的著名大师皮萨内洛留下了重要的遗产，包括大量的素描和几幅画作。他还是纪念肖像奖章的发明者。这些奖章的灵感来自罗马硬币，背面有统治者的肖像和寓言，纪念个人或事件，并用作礼物和纪念品。这枚奖章 - 第一个描绘女性的奖章 - 描绘了塞西莉亚·冈萨加，曼图亚侯爵吉安弗朗切斯科·冈萨加的美丽而博学的女儿。塞西莉亚是一位成就卓著的古典学者，也是维托里诺·达·费尔特雷在曼图亚创办的学校的学生。她拒绝结婚，于1445年成为克拉丽桑修女，就在这枚勋章生产之前。皮萨内洛选择在这里以世俗的宫廷服装代表她，暗示他正在根据早期的肖像或生活中的素描工作。这枚奖牌的背面是皮萨内洛最富有诗意和最微妙的作品之一。半裸的少女代表着纯真和贞洁。根据中世纪的传说，只有具有这些品质的女人才能制服凶猛而不朽的独角兽，这是基督和知识的象征。新月是处女女神戴安娜的标志，是对古典古代的人文主义暗示。
介绍（英）	Active in Verona and the Italian courts, the celebrated master Pisanello left behind a significant legacy, including a large corpus of drawings and several paintings. He was also the inventor of the commemorative portrait medal. Inspired by Roman coins, with their portraits of rulers and allegorical representations on the reverse, the medals commemorated individuals or events and functioned as gifts and mementoes. This medal -- the first to portray a woman - depicts Cecilia Gonzaga, the beautiful and learned daughter of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua. Cecilia was accomplished classical scholar and a pupil in the school founded by Vittorino da Feltre in Mantua. Refusing marriage, she became a Clarissan nun in 1445, just before this medal was produced. Pisanello chose to represent her here in secular court dress, suggesting that he was working from an earlier portrait or a sketch from life. The reverse of this medal is one of Pisanello’s most poetic and subtle compositions. The half-naked maiden represents innocence and chastity. According to medieval lore, only a woman with these qualities can subdue the fierce and immortal unicorn, a symbol of both Christ and knowledge. The crescent moon, a sign of Diana, the virgin goddess, is a humanist allusion to classical antiquity.