Lot 686
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Michele Mazzafirri (c.1530-97), bronze medal of Grand Duke Ferdinand de'Medici and Christina of Lorraine, FERDINANDVS M MAGN DVX ETRVRIAE III, cuirassed and draped bust right, MICHELE MAZAF 1588 below truncation, rev. CHRISTINA PRINC LOTHAR MAG DVX HETR 1592, bust right, wearing necklace and jewelled pendant, 43mm. ((Arm.I,284-285, 8-11; Bargello 442a), cast in very high relief, brown patina, very fine

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Michele Mazzafirri (c.1530-97), bronze medal of Grand Duke Ferdinand de'Medici and Christina of Lorraine, FERDINANDVS M MAGN DVX ETRVRIAE III, cuirassed and draped bust right, MICHELE MAZAF 1588 below truncation, rev. CHRISTINA PRINC LOTHAR MAG DVX HETR 1592, bust right, wearing necklace and jewelled pendant, 43mm. ((Arm.I,284-285, 8-11; Bargello 442a), cast in very high relief, brown patina, very fine

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Ferdinand de'Medici, third Grand Duke of Tuscany (Cardinal 1563, Grand Duke 1587-1609), married Christina of Lorraine (1565-1637) in 1589.