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Auction: 6013 - Edward III (Double Leopard) The Hilary F Guard Collection of Manx Related Items Ancient, Islamic, English & Foreign Coi
Lot: 293

Andrea Doria, Genoese Admiral (1466-1550), bronze portrait medal, by Leone Leoni (c.1509-90), andreas doria · p·p·, cuirassed and draped bust right, wearing Badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece, trident behind, rev. galley with sails furled being rowed to right, passing two men in a small boat, 41mm. (Armand I, 164,9; Pollard Bargello 712; Kress 431; Middeldorf LIV), very fine, with pleasant patination Estimate £ 800-1,000PROVENANCE: Glendining, 10 June 1987, lot 322 This medal can be dated to 1541. Leoni had been sent to the galleys the year before for assaulting the goldsmith Pellegrino di Leuti, jeweler to Pope Paul III. His release was secured through the intervention of Andrea Doria, the famous Genoese Admiral. It is generally assumed that Leoni depicts himself in the small boat on the reverse of this medal, rowing to freedom.

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£600