Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 56 17 Mar 2021
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World Medals, Italy, Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1516-1586), Bishop of Arras, 1538, Cardinal 1561, cast bronze medal [1571], by Giovanni V Melone (active Rome, 1570s), bearded bust l., wearing hooded cassock, rev. Granvelle presents Papal standard to Don John of Austria, IN HOC VINCES, 43mm. (Attwood 985; Arm.I, 265 12; Volt 558), very fine
De Granvelle was in Naples where he presented the Standard, which had been previously consecrated by Pope Pius V, to Don John, who had arrived in the city in August 1571. Don John was at Messina in September and then in command at the famous Battle of Lepanto on the 7th October, where the Ottomans under the command of Ali Pacha were defeated, losing all but 40 of their fleet of 300 ships.
De Granvelle was in Naples where he presented the Standard, which had been previously consecrated by Pope Pius V, to Don John, who had arrived in the city in August 1571. Don John was at Messina in September and then in command at the famous Battle of Lepanto on the 7th October, where the Ottomans under the command of Ali Pacha were defeated, losing all but 40 of their fleet of 300 ships.