Watch List notes:

Portrait of an unknown lady aged 20, uniface bronze medal attributed to Bombarda, half-length bust left with elaborate hairdo and veil which sweeps down around the truncation, 71mm (Arm. II, 234/28; cf. Attwood 680 var.), pierced, very fine old cast taken from a pierced example, brown patina. Under the bust are traces of a Greek inscription apparently reading ΕΣ ...ΛΛΗ ...ΒΩΣΙΟΣ and in Latin ANN XX (example in Turin recorded by Armand). The medal is discussed by Pollard in the National Gallery of Art, Washington catalogue, p. 530. Medal no. 529 depicts the same sitter in a different dress and without an inscription, but which is signed by Bombarda. Pollard took the Greek inscription to indicate that the medallist is an otherwise unknown Bosius. The inscription "Quod huic deest me tourquet" found around the portrait appears on the impresa of Federico II Gonzaga apparently referring obliquely to his passion for his mistress Isabella Boschetti. Provenance: Michael Hall collection, Baldwin's 64, 4 May 2010, lot 171.
(400-500 GBP)