Antonio Abondio, silver portrait medal of Maximilian II and his wife Maria, 1575, IMP CAES MAXIMIL II AVG, draped, cuirassed bust right in high Spanish collar and wearing collar and badge of the order of the Golden Fleece, signed low left AN AB, rev. MARIA IMPER MDLXXV, bust left, hair in coif, wearing ruff and coat with high collar, signed low right AN AB, 57mm., 82.1g. (Arm.I,268, 4 and 5; Kress 464; Schtte-Prag 459; CF.61 and 61a; see F Dworschak, Antonio Abondio, Medaglista e Ceroplasta, Trento, 1958, p.28), much of the detail soft, a small drill mark on the reverse truncation, collector's number 1107 behind Maximilian's head, very fine

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Antonio Abondio, silver portrait medal of Maximilian II and his wife Maria, 1575, IMP CAES MAXIMIL II AVG, draped, cuirassed bust right in high Spanish collar and wearing collar and badge of the order of the Golden Fleece, signed low left AN AB, rev. MARIA IMPER MDLXXV, bust left, hair in coif, wearing ruff and coat with high collar, signed low right AN AB, 57mm., 82.1g. (Arm.I,268, 4 and 5; Kress 464; Schtte-Prag 459; CF.61 and 61a; see F Dworschak, Antonio Abondio, Medaglista e Ceroplasta, Trento, 1958, p.28), much of the detail soft, a small drill mark on the reverse truncation, collector's number 1107 behind Maximilian's head, very fine

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The portrait of Maximilian (b.1527, Emperor 1564-76), was first made in c.1567. Abondio has adapted it to include the Golden Fleece, probably in 1575 when he made the portrait of Maria (1528-1603).