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Lot 325
* ROMAN SCHOOL, AFTER THE ANTIQUE (third quarter of 15th century) Diomedes and the Palladium, oval bronze plaquette, the naked Diomedes seated on an altar adorned with a garland, holding a short sword in his right hand and the Trojan Palladium in his left, 51.5 x 41.7mm (Molinier 31; Bange 141-142; Kress 257; Bargello 13; Bekker 19), pierced, some light scratches, a very fine contemporary cast of good quality with brown patina
Lot 326
* VALERIO BELLI (c. 1468-1546) The Entombment, oval silvered bronze plaquette, Christ`s body supported on the edge of the sarcophagus by St John and the Virgin; at the back and sides are ten other figures; below exergual line, VALERIVS DEBELLIS VICEN F, 88.2 x 98.4mm (Molinier 277; Bange 772; Kress 9; Gasparotto 28; Pollard, BM, 69-71), three piercings, some cracks in the flan, a very fine early cast (Helbing lot number attached to the reverse)
Lot 327
* VALERIO BELLI (c. 1468-1546) The Judgement of Paris, oval bronze plaquette, Paris offers the Apple of Discord to Venus accompanied by Cupid, while Juno and Athena stand between them; signed below, VALE VIC F, 52 x 43.5mm (Molinier 296; Bange 794; Gasparotto 66), a fine early cast with brown patina
Lot 331
* AFTER DONATELLO (19th Century) The Virgin and Child with a Garland, bronze plaquette, the Virgin holding up the Child so that their faces touch; behind is a garland with two hanging ornaments, 69 x 58.6mm (Molinier 366; Bange 348; Kress 58; Bargello 102), pierced, sometime cleaned, a very fine cast (Helbing lot number attached to the reverse)
Lot 332
* GIOVANNI DI FONDULINO FONDULI, formerly the Master IO FF (late 15th century) Horatius Cocles defending the Bridge, gilt-bronze shield-shaped plaquette, Horatius on horseback in the centre of the bridge repels an attack by three foot-soldiers while behind him two Romans demolish an arch of the bridge; the river Tiber flows below and to the right is the Castel Sant` Angelo, 59.5 x 58.5mm (Molinier 137; Bange 660; Kress 100; Fulton fig. 7), three times pierced, a very fine contemporary cast of good quality
Lot 334
* GIOVANNI DI FONDULINO FONDULI, formerly the Master IO FF (late 15th century) An Allegory of Union, gilt-bronze plaquette, two youths break sticks before an older man seated high on a plinth; on the left, three figures stand at a table and a further figure is on the right, 55.2mm (Molinier 142; Bange 661; Kress 108 var; Fulton fig. 6), pierced, the gilding worn, reverse with concentric lines and an incised edge mark, an early cast
Lot 335
* AFTER GIOVANNI DI FONDULINO FONDULI, formerly the Master IO FF (late 15th century) Ariadne on Naxos, bronze convex plaquette, Ariadne seated in the centre; to her left are a satyr carrying a satyress on his shoulders and a youth bearing a standard; to her right, a naked male figure bears a ship`s prow aloft and a torch which is being lighted by figure on the extreme right, 65.3mm, pierced, a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina
Lot 337
* GALEAZZO MONDELLA, called MODERNO (c. 1467-1529) Hercules seizing the Oxen of Geryon, bronze plaquette, signed O MODERNI above, Hercules grasps the horns of two oxen which emerge from the doorway of a ruined building on the left and an arched doorway opposite; a broken arch in the background, 70.7 x 53mm (Molinier 201; Bange 485; Kress 137; Lewis 4 - c. 1487?), pierced, a very fine but somewhat flawed early cast
Lot 338
* GALEAZZO MONDELLA, called MODERNO (c. 1467-1529) Cacus stealing the Oxen from Hercules, bronze plaquette, Hercules sleeps on the ground while Cacus, at the entrance to a cave, pulls by the tail one of the oxen; the head of a second ox emerges from trees behind, 58.7 x 53.4mm (Molinier 194; Bange 482; Kress 135; Lewis 5 - c. 1487?), pierced, the top cut down, a fine early cast
Lot 339
* GALEAZZO MONDELLA, called MODERNO (c. 1467-1529) Hercules overcoming Antaeus, bronze plaquette, Hercules, with legs apart, gripping the body of Antaeus around the waist, raising him from the ground; in the background are the bases of four broken columns, 73.6 x 57.5mm (Molinier 203; Bange 475; Kress 162; Lewis 9 - c. 1488/1489), pierced, a very fine early cast with brown patina
Lot 340
* GALEAZZO MONDELLA, called MODERNO (c. 1467-1529) Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, bronze plaquette, at the entrance to a cave St. Jerome, holding a stone and with his lion by his side, kneels before a crucifix set high on the trunk of a tree at the base of which is a skull set on a closed book; landscape of trees in the background, 78.4 x 60mm (Molinier 183; Bange 463; Kress 156; Lewis 14 - c. 1490), twice pierced, a very fine contemporary cast of high quality, the reverse inscribed in black ink "77 x 60 / St. Jerome / par Moderno / No 534 / 5000"
Lot 341
* GALEAZZO MONDELLA, called MODERNO (c. 1467-1529) The Adoration of the Magi, bronze plaquette, before the stable, the Virgin sits with the Child on her knee, accompanied by Joseph with a small child and dog at his feet; before them are the three Magi, one kneeling and another holding a horse, and their retinue stretches into the distance across a rocky landscape, 100 x 67.3mm (Molinier 168; Bange 451; Kress 144; Lewis 15 - early 1490s), pierced, with a filed down twisted suspension loop soldered to the reverse whose surface is scratched and bearing a label inscribed ‘Adoration / of Magi / by Moderno / Bode 727 / Molinier I 168’, a very fine contemporary cast of good quality
Lot 342
* GALEAZZO MONDELLA, called MODERNO (c. 1467-1529) Kneeling Hercules with the Nemean Lion, bronze plaquette, Hercules wrestles with the lion on a plain ground-line (after the antique design of Syracusan gold coins of c. 400 BC by Kimon and Euainetos), 79 x 66mm (Molinier 197; Bange 479; Kress 179; Morgenroth 243; Lewis 44 - c. 1508-1513), casting flaw at base, pierced, a very fine contemporary cast with some weaknesses, with brown patina
Lot 343
* GALEAZZO MONDELLA, called MODERNO (c. 1467-1529) Opportunity chasing Time, bronze-gilt plaquette, Opportunity catches up with Time who turns back, while holding the balance of a clock and an hourglass; inscribed around BENE HANC CAPIAS ET CAPTAN TENETO (‘Catch her properly and, when caught, keep her’), 46.4mm (Molinier 214; Bange 532; cf. Hill 215; Pollard 115 = Kress 73A; Lewis, The Medallic Oeuvre of Moderno, StHist 21, p. 86, fig. 12 and p. 89, 5), pierced, a very fine contemporary cast of fine quality
Lot 344
* MODERNO WORKSHOP The Lamentation, silhouetted bronze-gilt plaquette, Christ is supported on the edge of the sarcophagus by figures including Mary Magdalen, the Virgin, St. John and Joseph of Arimathaea, 64 x 59mm (Molinier 174; Bange 457; Kress 149; Lewis III, A, 1), four piercings, sides cut down (lacking Nicodemus on the left), gilding worn, a very fine early cast
Lot 345
* MODERNO WORKSHOP An Equestrian Battle, circular bronze plaquette, a horseman, accompanied by a riderless horse, rides over two fallen enemy who lie either side of a collapsed horse, 58.6mm (Molinier 215/216 var; Bange 514/515 var; Kress 186 var; Lewis 47 var), pierced, a fine old cast, the reverse with traces of two sprues, old solder and the incised letter M
Lot 346
* PSEUDO-FRA ANTONIO DA BRESCIA (active c. 1487-1514) Abundance and a Satyr, bronze plaquette, Abundance as a naked nymph lies on the ground, holding a cornucopia and raises her right hand in surprise at the approach of a satyr who blows a horn; hills and buildings in the background, 58.8mm (Molinier 121; Bange 644; Kress 189 var.), pierced twice, a very fine early cast with brown patina
Lot 347
* ANDREA BRIOSCO, called RICCIO (1470-1532) AND HIS WORKSHOP The Entombment, large bronze rectangular plaquette, c. 1516 or shortly thereafter, St. John the Evangelist with Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus lower the body of Christ into the tomb; they are surrounded by a multitude of figures in frenzied or dramatic poses including, on the left, Mary Magdalen crouching on the ground and, on the right, the fainting Virgin supported by a woman, 168 x 120mm (Molinier 221; Bange 358; Planiscig fig. 326; Allen D. and P. Motture, Andrea Riccio, Renaissance Master of Bronze, New York, 2008, 28), with traces of silvering and black patination, the top right corner with evidence of repair work to the model, the reverse with traces of three sprues and towards the edge a tiny letter "C" impressed into the metal, a very fine contemporary cast
Lot 348
* ANDREA BRIOSCO, called RICCIO (1470-1532) Virtue rewarded by Fame, bronze plaquette, a winged female figure (Fame) sits on a globe, her right foot on an overturned vase, crowning with a laurel wreath a winged child (Virtue) before her; behind them is a palm tree with two laurel branches, from one of which hangs a tablet inscribed I S A, 50.6mm (Molinier 243; Bange 394; Kress 223; Bekker 154; Planiscig p. 456), a very fine contemporary cast
Lot 349
* ULOCRINO (active early 16th century) The Death of Meleager, bronze plaquette, Meleager, naked, is seated on rocks, his head lulling back and his hand resting on the head of the Calydonian boar; before him is his mother Althaea thrusting the brand into a fire and holding a grotesque mask over his body; a barren tree in the background, 73.2 x 53mm (Molinier 255; Bange 422; Kress 242; Planiscig fig. 579; Rossi, Mantegna, 38), pierced, a very fine contemporary cast
Lot 350
* MILANESE SCHOOL (late 15th-early 16th century) The Flagellation of Christ, bronze rectangular plaquette, the scene set before a ruined antique building supported by four columns with a frieze of putti holding garlands; Christ is bound to the foremost column, flanked by his torturer and a naked soldier with his back turned, 71.4 x 53.5mm (Molinier 383; Bange 627; Kress 307; Rossi, Mantegna, 61; Scaglia 16; Bekker 121), twice pierced, a very fine contemporary cast with dark patina, the reverse inscribed "411-285" in white ink
Lot 352
* VENETIAN SCHOOL (early 16th century) St. John the Baptist, circular gilt-bronze plaquette, the saint shown full-length, standing facing, holding the Lamb and a cross with a scroll incised ECCE AGNVS DEI, raising his right hand and flanked by two trees; the raised border inscribed + IN TERNATOS MVLIERVM NON SVREXIT MAIOR IOVANES BABTISTA (Matthew 11:11 - "Among them that are born of women there hath not risen one greater than John the Baptist"), 57.1mm (cf. Molinier 471; Bange 585, mentioning this piece; Kress 336, mentioning this piece), pierced, the raised right hand of Christ repaired, an extremely fine cast in high relief with later chasing, the back inscribed indistinctly in black ink "Blumauer, Linz Ao ... 15/5/1902" (?) and other markings
Lot 353
* NORTH ITALIAN (late 15th century) Vulcan forging the arms of Aeneas, bronze-gilt circular plaquette, a winged figure stands, holding the shield of Aeneas, flanked by Aeneas himself on the left and Vulcan working at his forge on the right; below are two horses drinking from a stream, 70.7mm (Molinier 403; Bange 315; Kress 329; Bekker 61; Adams 134), pierced, gilding worn, a fine early cast
Lot 360
* FLEMISH? (circa 1600) A Bacchanalian Scene, bronze roundel, Bacchus sits above a group of putti making a goat jump through a loop while around him are satyrs and, on the right, an almost nude woman holding a ring; within ornate border, 145.3mm (Weber 714.2; Morgenroth 343; Molinari 400), cleaned and with traces of lacquer, a very fine early cast
Lot 366
* MATTEO DE` PASTI (c. 1420-1468) Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), Lord of Rimini and Fano (from 1432), bronze medal, dated 1446, bust left, rev., Fortitude seated left on throne, holding broken column, 44.4mm (Hill 181; Armand I, 20, 14), a very fine contemporary cast of good quality, with brown patina
Lot 367
* MATTEO DE` PASTI (c. 1420-1468) Isotta degli Atti, mistress and then wife of Sigismondo Malatesta, bronze medal, dated 1446, D ISOTTAE ARIMINENSI, her bust right with hair elaborately held in place by ribbons and a jewel, rev., the Malatesta elephant, dated M.CCCC.XLVI below, 83.0mm (Hill 187; Armand I, 21, 19; Pollard 33 = Kress 63; Scher 13; Bargello 49), pierced, a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina
Lot 368
* PIER JACOPO ALARI BONACOLSI, called ANTICO (before 1460-1528) Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (1445-1496), bronze medal, draped bust left, rev., Fortune flanked by Mars and Minerva; signed below, ANTI, 40.0mm (Hill 206; Armand I, 62, 1; Pollard 111 = Kress 71 bis), a very fine early cast, the reverse somewhat rubbed
Lot 369
* GIANFRANCESCO ENZOLA (active 1455-1478) Francesco Sforza (1401-1466), Duke of Milan (1450), bronze medal, dated 1459, bust right, rev., bust of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, flanked by the date MCCCC - LVIIII, 42.7mm (Hill 284; Armand I, 44, 7; Pollard 136 = Kress 93; Bargello 72), edge drilled at top, otherwise a very fine and sharp contemporary cast of good quality, with light brown patina
Lot 372
* ANDREA GUACIALOTI (1435-1495) Niccolò Palmieri, bishop of Orte (1455-1467), bronze medal, nude and tonsured bust left; around, NVDVS EGRESVS SIC REDIBO (‘born naked, thus I shall return’), rev., a Genius, nude, standing on a plinth, holding an hourglass and leaning on a staff; signed below, ANDREAS GVACIALOTIS, 63.6mm (Hill 742; Armand I, 49, 5 var.), a very fine contemporary cast of excellent quality, with brown patina
Lot 373
* ANDREA GUACIALOTI (1435-1495) Alfonso II of Aragon (1448-1495), Duke of Calabria (1458-1494), bronze medal on the recapture of Otranto from the Turks in 1481, bust facing three-quarters left, rev., Alfonso`s triumphal return to Naples with Turkish captives in 1481, 59.5mm (Hill 745; Armand I, 48, 1; Pollard 237-238; Bargello 149), pierced, a very fine old cast
Lot 376
* ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI CANDIDA (before 1450-c. 1499) Maximilian I of Austria and Maria of Burgundy, gilt-bronze marriage medal (1477), bust of Maximilian right, rev., bust of Maria right with crowned double M in field, 48.1mm (Hill 831; Armand II, 80, 1; Pollard 259 = Kress 225; Bargello 187), twice pierced, a contemporary cast, gilding worn
Lot 377
* BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI (c. 1430/1440-1491) Frederick III (1413-1493), Holy Roman Emperor (1452), bronze medal, 1469, bust left wearing hat and fur-lined gown, rev., the emperor, pope and cardinals on horseback on the Ponte Sant` Angelo, 56.8mm (Hill 912; Armand II, 39, 1; Pollard 283 = Kress 249; Scher 40; Bode p. 35), pierced, a very fine contemporary cast of high quality, with brown patina
Lot 379
* MILANESE MASTER (mid 16th century) Pietro Piantanida, bronze medal, bust right, aged 36, in elaborate armour, rev., Faith holding a chalice, points to heaven, 48.5mm (Attwood 98; Armand II, 179, 9; Pollard 485 = Kress 423; Bargello 864; Toderi/Vannnel 411 as by Abondio), a very fine old cast
![* ANNIBALE FONTANA (1540-1587) [Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, painter, 1538-1600], uniface bronze medal depicting the reverse of hi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/33086/2793298/380-2010430143521_468x382.jpg)
Lot 380
* ANNIBALE FONTANA (1540-1587) [Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, painter, 1538-1600], uniface bronze medal depicting the reverse of his medal, with Mercury presenting Lomazzo to Fortune, 50.0mm (cf. Attwood 123; Armand I, 254, 2; Pollard 509 = Kress 443; Toderi/Vannel 138), pierced, a fine early cast
Lot 381
* ANDREA SPINELLI (1508-1572) Andrea Gritti (1454-1538), Doge of Venice (from 1523), bronze medal, 1534, bust left, rev., view of the church of S. Francesco della Vigna; signed AN SP F below, 37.3mm (Attwood 206; Armand I, 155, 4; Voltolina 288; Pollard 470 = Kress 413; Toderi/Vannel 627), contemporary striking, very fine or better with brown patina
Lot 383
* VENETIAN SCHOOL (mid 16th century) Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), Cardinal (1538), bronze medal, bust right, rev., the fountain of Hippocrene gushing forth at the feet of Pegasus, 55.4mm (Attwood 217; Armand I, 146, 1; Pollard 562 = Kress 484b; Bargello 818; Toderi/Vannel 747), a very fine early cast with brown patina
Lot 384
* VENETIAN SCHOOL (mid 16th century) Tommaso Rangone, Venetian scholar (1493-1577), bronze medal, bust right, rev., the infant Hercules, held by Jupiter disguised as an eagle, brought to Juno who reclines naked in a circle of stars, 39.5mm (Attwood 236; Armand II, 196, 20; Pollard 481 = Kress 419b; Toderi/Vannel 693), twice pierced, a contemporary cast
Lot 387
* PIETRO PAOLO GALEOTTI (c. 1520-1584) Cosimo I de` Medici (1519-1574), Duke of Florence (1537), bronze medal, c. 1567, cuirassed and draped bust right, rev., fountain surmounted by statue of Neptune; to the left, an aqueduct stretching into the distance, 43.3mm (Attwood 862; Armand III, 110, U; Bargello 412; Toderi/Vannel 1567), edge file marks, a contemporary striking, about extremely fine with dark patina
Lot 389
* GIOVANNI BATTISTA BONINI (active in Rome, 1557-1585) Camillo Agrippa, engineer, mathematician and writer (died c. 1596), bronze medal, bust right; signed IO BA BO F on truncation, rev., a warrior grasping Fortune by the hair; a building in the background, 45.5mm (Attwood 964; Armand I, 282; Bargello 799; Toderi/Vannel 2350), pierced, a fine early cast
Lot 392
* ROMAN SCHOOL (late 15th-early 16th century) St. Paul, large bronze medal, bust of St. Paul right, rev., seven line inscription from Ps. 67: 27-28 within wreath, 88mm (Hill 902; Armand II, 7, 4; Pollard 273 = Kress 244), a very fine contemporary cast (slight trace of mount), with fine obverse patina
Lot 393
* VENETIAN SCHOOL (mid 16th century) Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), Cardinal (1538), bronze medal, bust right, rev., the fountain of Hippocrene gushing forth at the feet of Pegasus, 56.6mm (Attwood 217; Armand I, 146, 1; Pollard 562 = Kress 484b; Bargello 818; Toderi/Vannel 747), a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina
Lot 395
George II, Medals of Illustrious Men, a series of 8 bronze medals from the set by Jacques Antoine Dassier, comprising Alexander Pope, 1741, Charles, Duke of Marlborough, 1742, Duke of Argyle, 1743, Earl of Chesterfield, 1743, Robert Walpole, 1744, Lord Carteret, 1744, Sir Hans Sloane, 1744, all 54mm, and Andrew Fountaine, 1744, 56mm (MI 198, 202, 216, 222, 226, 228, 234, 236), mainly about extremely fine (8)
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