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PIER PAOLO GALEOTTI, 1520-1584.
22 Girolamo Figino, painter, 1530-1570. Cast bronze medal 1562. (Ø 36,5 mm; 27,26 gr) HIERONIMVS
FIGINVS MDLXII. Bust to left of Girolamo Figino, lossely draped // IAC ANT FIGINVS MDLV. Bust to
left of Giacomo Antonio Figino with collar. Rare. Extremely fine contemporary cast 5.000.-
Armand II, p. 232, n°13 (Ø 36 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°350 (obv.) (Ø 37 mm).
Provenance: Collection A. M.
The John Gaines Collection, Auction Morton & Eden 12, London (UK), 21 April 2005, lot n°21.
Auction Astarte VIII, Lugano (Switzerland), 11 October 2001, lot n°63.
ALESSANDRO VITTORIA, 1525-1608.
23 Tommaso Rangone, physician in Ravenna, 1493-1577. Cast lead medal, undated (around 1562). (Ø 39,2
mm; 27,24 gr) THOMAS PHILOLOGVS RAVENNAS. Bust to right, bearded in gown // A IOVE ET
SOROR E GENITA. Jupiter in the guise of an eagle bringing the infant Hercules to Juno, who lies
recumbent and sleeping within the Milky Way, below, lilies growing and three birds.
Rare. Suspension hole. Very fine old cast 250.-
Armand II, p. 196, n°20 (Ø 38 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°417b (Ø 39 mm).
Provenance: Collection A. M.
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