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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 140

ITALIAN (ca. early 16th Century)
Julius Caesar Dictator. Rectangular plaquette (rounded corners). Bronze, 38.9 x 47mm. 52.51g, IVLIVS CAESAR DICTATOR, Laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis, star and lituus behind. Vide Lewis/Ashmolean; Vide Bargello; Vide Riddick article on this piece: https://renbronze.com/2017/07/15/the-dictator-julius-caesar/; Doug Lewis (2006, National Gallery of Art); No. 39 (the present type cited as "Subtype I," and the present example cited in footnote 56. Cf. Bange 170 var.
Italian plaquettes were first produced in Rome in imitation of ancient Roman works of art, as an artistic response to the humanist interest in the classical world. The Julius Caesar (lot 534) is an example of this attitude.
Old inventory code in white on back: "V.I.M.O.B." Pierced. A Good Very Fine contemporary cast. Ex Michael Riddick Collection; CNG eAuction 364, December 2, 2015, lot 334 [unsold]; Ex Richard B. Witschonke (RBW) collection, by private treaty with Jan Lis, January 2004; Ex Johan Willem Frederiks, Morton and Eden Sale 1, April 18, 2002, lot 534 - "a very fine contemporary cast" - £400.
From the Neil A. Goodman Collection

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$575

Starting price
$350