Lot 183: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

PASTORINO DE' PASTORINI (c. 1508-1592) Girolama Sacrata, uniface bronze medal, 1555, HIERONIMA SACRATA M D LV, bust right wearing gown with low square-cut neck, chemise, row of pearls, ear-ring and braided hair adorned with pearls; signed on truncation, P, 70.3mm (Attwood 520; Armand I, 206, 108; Pollard 375 = Kress 330; Bargello 361; Börner 640) pierced, an extremely fine contemporary cast, with light brown patina

Provenance: Morton & Eden, London, 18 April 2002, lot 623; The Estate of John R. Gaines, Morton & Eden, 21 April 2005, lot 19.