A Group of Reproductions of Renaissance Medals

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 622

Italy, Pisanello, portrait medal, by an unknown Ferrarese medallist, bust left in crumpled hat, rev. .f s. k. i. / .p. f. t. [the initials of the Seven Virtues], within wreath, 56mm (cf. Scher 10). Extremely fine with dark ‘chocolate’ patination (£70-100)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 623

Italy, Pisanello, Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, portrait medal, bust left in tall hat, rev. the Marquess on horseback to left, another horse behind, 91mm (cf. Kress 2). Extremely fine, dark patination tinged with green (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 624

Italy, Pisanello, Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan, portrait medal, bust right in soft cap, rev. the Duke in armour riding in a mountainous landscape with other horsemen, 97mm (cf. Kress 3). Extremely fine with rich reddish-brown patination (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 625

Italy, Pisanello, Niccolò Piccinino, portrait medal, bust left in tall cap, rev. she-griffin suckling twin infants, 86mm (cf. Kress 4). Extremely fine with ‘antique’ green-brown patination (£60-80)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 627

Italy, Pisanello, Leonello d’Este, Marquess of Ferrara, portrait medal, bust left with cropped hair, rev. naked figures of a youth and elder man, 68mm (cf. Kress 7). Extremely fine with light red-brown patination (£60-80)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 628

Italy, Pisanello, Leonello d’Este, Marquess of Ferrara, portrait medal, bust left with cropped hair, rev. cupid teaching a lion to sing, 99mm (cf. Kress 10). Extremely fine, brown patination tinged with green (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 629

Italy, Pisanello, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano, portrait medal, bust right, rev. Sigismondo standing between helmet and shield, 87mm (cf. Kress 12). Extremely fine with dark red-brown patination (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 630

Italy, Pisanello, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano, as Captain General of the Roman Church, portrait medal, bust right, rev. the armoured Sigismondo rides before the walls of a fortress, 99mm (cf. Kress 13). Extremely fine with slightly ‘antiqued’ brown patination (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 631

Italy, Pisanello, Domenico Novello Malatesta, Lord of Cesena, portrait medal, bust left, rev. the armoured Malatesta kneels before a wayside cross, his horse stands to the left, 78mm (cf. Kress 15). Extremely fine with brown patination (£60-80)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 632

Italy, Pisanello, Lodovico III Gonzago, Marquess of Mantua, portrait medal, bust left with cropped hair, rev. the Marquess in armour riding to right, 98mm (cf. Kress 16). Extremely fine with dark ‘chocolate’ patination (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 633

Italy, Pisanello, Cecilia Gonzaga, daughter of Gianfrancesco I, Marquess of Mantua, portrait medal, bust left, her hair tied up, rev. Cecilia represented as Innocence, her hand on an unicorn’s head, 82mm (cf. Kress 17). Extremely fine with pleasant brown patination (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 636

Italy, Pisanello, Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily, portrait medal, bust right, helmet to left and crown to right, rev. an eagle perched over a dead fawn, lesser birds of prey around, 106mm (cf. Kress 19). Extremely fine with black patination (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 637

Italy, Pisanello, Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily, portrait medal, bust right, legend to left and right, crown below, rev. an angel in a cart drawn by four horses, 106mm (cf. Kress 21). Extremely fine with dark ‘chocolate’ patination (£70-90)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 638

Italy, Pisanello, Don Iñigo d’Avalos, Grand Chamberlain to Alfonso V, portrait medal, bust right in broad-rimmed hat, rev. a sphere of the earth, sea and sky, arms above, 72mm (cf. Kress 22). Extremely fine with brown patination (£50-70)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 641

Italy, Matteo de’ Pasti, Issoto Degli Atti da Rimini, a somewhat similar portrait medal, bust right, hair high, rev. the Malatesta elephant to right, 80mm (cf. Kress 63). Extremely fine with dark ‘chocolate’ patination (£60-80)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 642

Italy, Sperandio of Mantua, Carlo Grati, nobleman, portrait medal, bust left in cap and top-coat, rev. Grati, in armour, kneels at a wayside cross, to left his horse and a mounted attendant, 103mm (cf. Armand I, 69/24). Extremely fine with ‘antique’ green-brown patination (£60-80)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 645

In the manner of Antico, Giulia Astallia, portrait medal, bust left in laced bodice, her hair high, rev. phoenix on pyre, 59mm (cf. Kress 75). A delightful portrait, extremely fine with dark ‘chocolate’ patination (£60-80)

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 647

A group of restrikes and restitutions: Louis XII, rev. crown over porcupine; Henry II, French Victories, 1552, rev. Fame drives quadriga (BMC 63); another, similar obverse, rev. cap and daggers, both 61mm; Diane de Poitiers, Duchess of Valentinois, rev. Goddess Diana tramples on Cupid, 52mm (cf. Kress 551) [4]. ...

28 & 29 November 2001

Lot No 649

Marcantonio Memmo, Doge of Venice, 1612, uniface bronze medal after G. Dupré, bust right in cap, 67mm (BMC 39 – this also c.1930); Mery de Vic, President of the Parlement de Toulouse, large uniface bronze medal, 1621, after C. Frémy, bust right in magistrate’s robes, 100mm (cf. BMC 81, 82) [2]. Both 1930s...