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A CIRCULAR BRONZE MEDALLION OF FREDERICK IV OF DENMARK AND NORWAY
CAST FROM A MODEL BY ANTONIO MONTAUTI, 1708
The obverse inscribed 'FRIDERICVS.IIII.DANIAE.ET.NORVEG.REX.' and signed 'A. MONTAVTI'; the reverse depicting a recumbent river god representing the Arno before a view of Florence, inscribed 'FELICISSIMO.ADVENTVI.FLORENTIAE. .A.M.DCC.VIII. IDIBVS.MARTIIS.'.
Areas of the surface abraded to create a coppery gold colour; drilled with a hole at top centre.
4in. (10.2cm.) diam.
AND ANOTHER CIRCULAR BRONZE MEDALLION DEPICTING LEONELLO D'ESTE, MARQUESS OF FERRARA AND MODENA
Cast after a model by Pisanello
The obverse with the marquess in profile to the left and inscribed 'LEONELLVS.MARCHIO.ESTENSIS.D.FERRARIE.REGII.7.MVTINE.; the reverse with a recumbent male nude figure beneath a vase of branches and inscribed 'PISANI.PICTORIS OPVS.
Brown patina; drilled with a hole top centre.
2¾in. (7cm.) wide (8)
CAST FROM A MODEL BY ANTONIO MONTAUTI, 1708
The obverse inscribed 'FRIDERICVS.IIII.DANIAE.ET.NORVEG.REX.' and signed 'A. MONTAVTI'; the reverse depicting a recumbent river god representing the Arno before a view of Florence, inscribed 'FELICISSIMO.ADVENTVI.FLORENTIAE. .A.M.DCC.VIII. IDIBVS.MARTIIS.'.
Areas of the surface abraded to create a coppery gold colour; drilled with a hole at top centre.
4in. (10.2cm.) diam.
AND ANOTHER CIRCULAR BRONZE MEDALLION DEPICTING LEONELLO D'ESTE, MARQUESS OF FERRARA AND MODENA
Cast after a model by Pisanello
The obverse with the marquess in profile to the left and inscribed 'LEONELLVS.MARCHIO.ESTENSIS.D.FERRARIE.REGII.7.MVTINE.; the reverse with a recumbent male nude figure beneath a vase of branches and inscribed 'PISANI.PICTORIS OPVS.
Brown patina; drilled with a hole top centre.
2¾in. (7cm.) wide (8)
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
C. Theuerkauff and L. Lotte Möller, Die Bildwerke des 18. Jahrhunderts, Braunschweig, 1977, no. 189
C. Theuerkauff and L. Lotte Möller, Die Bildwerke des 18. Jahrhunderts, Braunschweig, 1977, no. 189