Lot 7
  • 7

Pietro Paolo Galeotti (circa 1520-1584) Italian, 1562

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • Medal with Girolamo Figino and Jacopo Antonio Figino
  • bronze
  • Pietro Paolo Galeotti (circa 1520-1584) Italian, 1562
inscribed: HIERONIMVS. FIGINVS. MDLXII (Girolamo Figino 1562) to the recto and IAC. ANT. FIGINVS M.D.LV. (Jacopo Antonio Figino 1555) to the verso

Provenance

Astarte VIII, Lugano, 11 October 2001, lot 63;
John R. Gaines (1929-2005), Lexington, Kentucky;
his sale, Morton and Eden London, 21 April 2005, lot 21

Literature

G. Toderi and F. Vannel, Le Medaglie Italiane del XVI secolo, Florence, 2000, no. 1555

Condition

Overall the condition of the bronze is very good with minor dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age. There are a few minor nicks and scratches. There are a few small spots of greening to some of the crevices. There is an edge mark at the top.
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Catalogue Note

RELATED LITERATURE
A. Armand, Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizème siecles, Paris, 1883-1887, vol. ii, nos. 13, 232, vol. iii, no. 250, C; G. F. Hill, Portrait Medals of Italian Artists of the Renaissance, London, 1912, nos. 43, 63