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Auction: 8004 - An Important Collection of Renaissance Medals & Plaquettes
Lot: 26

Moderno (late 15th century) Saint Sebastian, rectangular bronze plaquette, 69mm. x 48.7mm., extremely fine cast, light brown patina The Saint, pierced by three arrows, stands tied to a Corinthian column. At left a pier is decorated with a figure of Venus and two horsemen. The pier to right is broken at the top, and is decorated with a figure of Mars and an eagle. Again there are no signed versions of this plaquette known, and the attribution is based on similarities with autographed works. As a possible source for the composition, Planiscig indicates a relief of St Sebastian by Caradossa, described by Ambrogio di Leone in his dialogue De Nobilitate Rerum published in Venice in 1525. References Bange 1922, 433; Cott p. 151; Florence. Bargello, 105; London, British Museum (2 examples); Maclagan, pp. 29-30; Naples 32; Molinier 182; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 71; Paris, Louvre, 305; Planiscig 1919, 351; Ricci, ii, p. 138, no. 177 Estimate £ 500-800

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