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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF MATTEO BOSSI AND HIS CONSORT POLISSENA

15TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF MATTEO BOSSI AND HIS CONSORT POLISSENA
15TH CENTURY
One Inscribed 'MATTHEVS BOSS IVRISCON ET SENATVR POLIXENA VICE...MATTHEI CON', the other 'olixena vi....', cleaned back and re-polished
19½ in. (50 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

By repute, Church of San Cristoforo di Meleti Lodigiano, Lombardy.
By repute, Ester Bonacossa della Valle Casanova, Villa San Remigio, Pallanza, Piedmont.

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Lot Essay

By repute, the Orsi house was built in the 15th Century by the Bossis, a noble family from Milan. Matteo Bossi iurisconsultus and Senator died in 1497, and his wife Polissena Bossi-Visconti died in 1500. Their graves are located in the church of Santa Maria Immacolata in Milan.

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