Commemorative Medals, World Medals, Italy, Renaissance, Cecilia Gonzaga (1426-1451), by Pisanello, cast bronze medal, 1447, half length bust of the sitter left, her hair tightly bound with a ribbon, wearing an embroidered gown and pleated skirt, CICILIA VIRGO FILIA IOHANNIS FRANCISCI PRIMI MARCHIONIS MANTVE, rev. in a rocky landscape below a crescent moon, semi-nude young woman rests her hand on the head of a unicorn lying beside her, to the right, a stele, with a floral ornament fixed to its top, bears the inscription OPVS PISANI PICTORIS M CCCC XLVII [the work of Pisanello the painter 1447], 80mm (Hall collection, Baldwin's Auction 64, May 2010, lot 7; Hill, Corpus 37; Arm I, 5, 12; Currency of Fame 7a; Pollard 20; Kress 17), a modern cast
(60-80 GBP)