Lot 76
76
A CIRCULAR BRONZE PORTRAIT MEDAL OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI

Details
A CIRCULAR BRONZE PORTRAIT MEDAL OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI
AFTER FRANÇOIS CHERON

Inscribed 'EQVES.IOA.LAVRENT. BERNINVS.ETATIS.SVE.ANNO 76 1674 and signed on truncation 'F.CHERON', and on the verso: 'SINGVLARIS.IN.SINGVLIS.IN.OMNIBVS {VNIC}VS'
Reddish brown patina with traces of black lacquer
2¾in. (7cm.) diameter
Literature
J. Pope-Hennessy, Learning to Look, New York and London, 1991, p. 313

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G. Pollard, Some Roman Seventeenth Century Portrait Medals, 1967, p. 98, pl. V