Lot 240: [ GERMAN MEDALS ]

PETER DELL THE ELDER (c. 1490-1552) Willibald von Redwitz, Canon of Bamberg (1493-1544), lead medal, 1536, CONTERFE H WILBALDEN V REDWIZ THVMHERN Z BAMBERG VITZDOM Z WOLFSPERG Cz SEINES ALTERS XLIII IARN, bust left, aged 43, wearing cloak and cap, holding rosary, AN GOT NICHTS on scroll behind, over suspended tapestry, rev., BEI REGIERVNG DES HOHWIRDIGEN FVRSTEN VND H H WEIGANDEN BISCHOVE ZV BAMB'G DES GESLEHTS AVCH V REDWIZ A 1536, ornamented helm with unicorn crest over shield, circle of foliage around, 113mm (Habich 888; Trusted 11, in lead; Lanna 1228; Pollard 716, in lead), with some areas of weakness, a very fine contemporary cast

Provenance: Alfred Walcher Ritter von Molthein collection, Dorotheum, Vienna, 30 March 1998, lot 1335; Numismatica Genevensis 4, 11-12 December 2006, lot 302. Peter Dell was a renowned sculptor, mainly known for tombs, who also executed wood reliefs. A bronze example of this rare and monumental medal was sold by Bank Leu, Zurich, 25 October 1989, lot 973, and another, formerly in the Oppenheimer collection, was sold at Sotheby's, 12 July 1993, lot 73.