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Auction 7  20-21 May 2013
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Lot 1474

Estimate: 300 EUR
Price realized: 270 EUR
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Francesco Redi (1626-1698), physician and poet.
Medal molten 1684, opus: Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656-1740). AE (g205,5; mm 87,9). FRANCISCVS REDI PATRITIVS ARETINVS, bust to r. with curly hair and cloak draped, under the truncation of the bust: M. SOLD.1684. Rv. Minerva with spear in the act of discovering the Nature sitting and leaning against an altar from which rises a snake, a deer behind and in the background a temple with columns, the
inscription on the lintel: SALVTI, in exergue: M. SOLDANVS. F (wear, not law), molded edge. Vannel-Toderi 37; Bargello Inv. 7838; Rzzini 931; Johnson 140 fig. 127.
Merger of two plates joined together, very fine
; ; Medaglia fusa 1684, opus: Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656-1740). AE (g 205,5; mm 87,9). FRANCISCVS REDI PATRITIVS ARETINVS, busto a d. con capelli riccioluti e mantello drappeggiato, sotto la troncatura del busto: M. SOLD.1684. Rv. Minerva con lancia nell'atto di scoprire la Natura seduta e appoggiataad un'ara dalla quale si leva un serpente, dietro un cervo e sullo sfondo un tempio a colonne, sull'architrave la scritta: SALVTI, in esergo: M. SOLDANVS. F (usura, non si legge), bordo modanato. Vannel-Toderi 37; Bargello Inv. 7838; Rzzini 931; Johnson 140 fig. 127.
Fusione in due lamine unite assieme, bb.
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