Danese Cataneo

Lot 149: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

Name: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]
Brand: Morton & Eden
SKU: 5b35bd8acc

Est: £1,000 GBP - £1,500 GBPSold:

Morton & EdenLondon, United KingdomDecember 09, 2009

Item Overview

Description

DANESE CATTANEO (c. 1512-1572) Giovanni de' Medici, delle Bande Nere (1498-1526) Florentine military commander, bronze medal (1546), GIOVANNI DE MEDICI, laureate and draped bust left, rev., FOLGERE DI GVERRA, a thunderbolt emerging from a cloud, 57mm (Attwood 215; Armand II, 95, 8; Bargello 759; Toderi/Vannel 641; Pollard 484 = Kress 419a), pierced, a very fine early cast with brown patina

Artist or Maker

Danese Cataneo

Notes

The medal was commissioned by Aretino who sent an example to Cosimo de' Medici in April 1546, praising it and the workmanship of Cattaneo.

Auction Details

The Stack Collection Important Renaissance Medals & Plaquett

Morton & Eden

December 09, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

Sotheby's 34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 2RT, UK

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