Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos (obverse) - FONTANA, Annibale - WGA
Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos (obverse) by FONTANA, Annibale
Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos (obverse) by FONTANA, Annibale

Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos (obverse)

by FONTANA, Annibale, Bronze, diameter 7 cm

Francesco Ferdinando d’�valos d’Aquino, VII marquis of Pescara and III marquis of Vasto (c. 1530-1571), was commander in chief of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont, governor of the State of Milan (1560-63) and viceroy of Sicily (1568-71).

Inscription around circumference: FERDINAND[us] FRAN[ciscus] DAVALOS DE AQVIN[o] MAR[chio] P[escarae].

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