Lot 148: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

DANESE CATTANEO (c. 1512-1572) Pietro Maria Rossi (died 1547), Count of San Secondo from 1521, bronze medal, PETRVS MAR R S SECVNDI C, bust left in armour, wearing the Order of St. Michael, rev., AVT TE CAPIA AVT MORIAR, Rossi, dressed in armour, chasing Fortune, 52.5mm (Armand II, 18, 2 and III, 233, I; Toderi/Vannel 644), a very fine contemporary cast of high quality, with light brown patina

Provenance: 'Property of a late Collector', Sotheby's, 12 June 1974, lot 135; Morton & Eden, 27 June 2006, lot 372. Pietro Maria Rossi was a military man, married in 1523 to Camilla Gonzaga, the niece of Francesco II Gonzaga. The celebrated painting of Camilla Gonzaga and her three sons by Parmigianino is in the Prado, Madrid.