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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 188

A PAIR OF GILT COPPER LOCKET COVERS
German, likely Augsburg (circle of Paul Hübner?), late 16th-early 17th Century.
85 x 105.2mm; 85.5 x 108.5mm. In a pastoral scene, Apollo standing facing, head left, plays his harp, while Marsyas the satyr seated at right, holding his panpipes, listens, tree at left, ornate "S" border around. In a field before a town, a nude woman standing facing, head left, holds an arrow, a naked, bearded man clasps her shoulder, while cupid tugs on a wisp of drapery on her thigh, terraced trees upper left, armor strewn on ground, ornate "S" border around. The latter with broken edge, some casting flaws. Very Fine old casts.
From the Neil A. Goodman Collection

Estimate
$3,000 to $4,000

Starting price
$2100