Watch List notes:

Low Countries, Aadrian Florensz Boeyens, Adrian VI (Pope, 1522-1523), uniface bell-metal medal attributed to Conrad Meit, bust of the Pope left wearing Papal tiara, his cope fastened with large morse; on either side, his personal shield and that of Utrecht, 85mm (Smolderen, L, La Médaille en Belgique [2009], 21; Kress 629; van Mieris II, 158), pierced, an extremely fine contemporary cast. Adrian VI is the only Dutchman to have been elected Pope, following his appointment as Cardinal of Utrecht in 1517. The attribution to the sculptor Conrad Meit is suggested by Luc Smolderen, having previously been given to an anonymous seal engraver working in Utrecht. Contemporary examples are usually, as here, cast in bell-metal. Provenance: Michael Hall collection, Baldwin's 66, 29 June 2010, lot 1035.
(1000-1500 GBP)