Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Sess. A-C 5-6 November 2015
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ITALY. Renaissance Medal, ND (1449). Alfonso I (1416-58). VERY FINE.
104 mm; 401.3 gms. Hill-42; Armand-1-6:18 (var.). Antonio Di Puccio. Small bare headed bust to right, above a crown. Inscription "DIVUS ALPHONSUS ARAGO SI SI VA VA HIE HVN MA SAR COR REX CO BADVATTEN GA C."; Reverse: Alfonso as a naked youth with dagger attacking wild boar as two hounds attempt to restrain it by ears. Inscription reads: "VENATON / INTREPIDUS" above. Signed "OPUS PISANI PICTORIS" below. A later bronze after-cast with even dark chocolate patina and pleasing uniformly smooth surfaces. VERY FINE.
Estimate: $300.00- $500.00
104 mm; 401.3 gms. Hill-42; Armand-1-6:18 (var.). Antonio Di Puccio. Small bare headed bust to right, above a crown. Inscription "DIVUS ALPHONSUS ARAGO SI SI VA VA HIE HVN MA SAR COR REX CO BADVATTEN GA C."; Reverse: Alfonso as a naked youth with dagger attacking wild boar as two hounds attempt to restrain it by ears. Inscription reads: "VENATON / INTREPIDUS" above. Signed "OPUS PISANI PICTORIS" below. A later bronze after-cast with even dark chocolate patina and pleasing uniformly smooth surfaces. VERY FINE.
Estimate: $300.00- $500.00