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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 189

Alessandro de´Medici, Duke of Florence, 1534, cast bronze medal by Francesco del Prato, ALEXANDER MED DVX FLORENTIAE I, youthful bare head of Alessandro right, rev. FVNDATOR QVIETIS M.D.XXXIII, Pax seated right, ignites with a torch a pile of arms and trophies, 44mm. (Armand I, 151, 4; Bargello 340), holed at top, a good old cast, warm brown patina Estimate £ 150-200 Provenance Spink, ´An Important Collection of Renaissance and Baroque Medals´, 21 May 1996, lot 76 Francesco del Prato was a goldsmith. Vasari states he made armour, small sculpture and medals for Duke Alessandro.

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