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Auction: 8004 - An Important Collection of Renaissance Medals & Plaquettes
Lot: 140

Leone Leoni (1509-1590) reverse of the medal of Ippolita Gonzaga, uniface bronze medal, 68mm., an attractive old cast, a crack from the edge at 1 o´clock to Ippolita´s face, warm light brown patina, slightly incuse on reverse Diana, draped, holding a large hunting horn to her lips with her left hand and holding a large arrow in her right, walking to right through a wooded landscape, three hunting dogs at her feet, the moon and stars above, behind her Pluto, carrying a struggling Prosepina, accompanied by Cerberus, stands in an arched doorway, the entrance to the underworld, PAR VBIQ POTESTAS The reverse of the medal of Ippolita Gonzaga (1535-1563), daughter of Ferrante Gonzaga, wife of Fabrizio Colonna from 1549 until his death in 1551, and of Antonio Carraffa, Duke of Mondragone from 1554. References Reverse only: Attwood 45 (a poor lead aftercast in the British Museum) For medals of Ippolita Gonzaga with this reverse: Armand I, 163, 7 and III, 66j; Bargello III, 709; Currency of Fame 51; Gaetani I, LXX, 4; Kress 432 Estimate £ 600-800

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