Lot 155: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

GIOVANNI DA CAVINO (1500-1570) Alessandro Bassano, Giovanni da Cavino and Marco Mantova Benavides, bronze medal, ALEXAND BASSIANVS ET IOHAN CAVINEVS PATAVINI, draped conjoined busts right, rev., MARCVS MANTVA BONAVITVS PATAVINVS IVR CON, draped bust left, 36.2mm (Voltolina 399, this piece; Attwood 272; Armand I, 180, 7; Toderi/Vannel 930; Lawrence 87), a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina

Provenance: The Serenissima Collection, Arsantiqva, London, 19 April 2002, lot 141 (as 'struck') Alessandro Bassano was a Paduan scholar and numismatist who advised Cavino on his restitution antique 'coins'. Benavides was a Paduan jurist, a famous collector and a patron of the arts.