Queen Mary, uniface bronze portrait medal, oval 40x36mm., after the portrait by Jacopo de Trezzo, bust left, wearing coif bordered with jewels, veiled behind (MI. i 72/19), extremely fine, a sharp and attractive cast

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Queen Mary, uniface bronze portrait medal, oval 40x36mm., after the portrait by Jacopo de Trezzo, bust left, wearing coif bordered with jewels, veiled behind (MI. i 72/19), extremely fine, a sharp and attractive cast

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The bust by Jacopo de Trezzo was for a large portrait medal of Mary and Philip II of Spain to commemorate their marriage in 1554. The original is half length, and derives from a painted portrait by Mor of 1554 (see R Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, London 1969, I, pp.209-12, II, pl.415)