Career
He first came to the court of Henry II, King of France in 1547, and was sent from there to the court of Margaret of Parma, regent of the Netherlands. Later he was moved into the court of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. His family became an object of medical inquiry by Ulisse Aldrovandi among others
The collection has a painting of Pedro Gonzalez (Petrus Gonsalvus) as well as other people who display an extreme form of hirsutism, also called Ambras syndrome in 1933 in reference to its depiction at this collection.
In 1975, the featured Petrus Gonsalvus as a Wolfman on a Mardi Gras doubloon.