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Auction: 8004 - An Important Collection of Renaissance Medals & Plaquettes
Lot: 20

Master of Coriolanus (North Italy, c.1500) The Banishment of Coriolanus, rectangular bronze plaquette, 41.5mm. x 49.3mm., an old cast, thin, with rich brown patina Two soldiers, with shields and helmets, one armed with a sword, the other with a lance, stand before a magistrate seated at left on a podium inscribed S.P.Q.R. Between them stands an older man who hands a scroll to one of the soldiers. The subject of this plaquette, with three others that also illustrate scenes from the life of Coriolanus, was only identified after the publication of an ink stand in the Victoria and Albert Museum which bears an inscription (Skinner in Z.f.B.K. x, 1899, pp.267 -268). The identity of the artist however remains unknown. Molinier and Skinner attributed the plaquettes to Giovanni delle Corniole. Most authorities agree he was a Paduan from the school of Moderno, or at least under the direct influence of Moderno. Seymour De Ricci bestowed upon him the name Master of Coriolanus. References Avery 18; Bange 1922, 506; Maclagan p.40 (two examples); Molinier 146; Paris, Louvre, 298; Paris, Cabinet des Médailles, Armand-Walton, 2543; Planiscig 1919, 359; Ricci, ii, p. 116, no. 147; Rizzini 16 Estimate £ 200-400

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