Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 7 20-21 May 2013
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Camilla Covella Sforza d'Aragona, wife of Costanzo Sforza in 1475.
Cast medal after 1489, opus: Bartolomeo of Sperandio Savelli (1431-1504), called Sperandio from Mantova. ; ; CAMILLA SFOR DE ARAGONIA MATRONAR PVDICISSIMA PISAVRI DOMINA, bust turned three quarters to the left, with widow's veil. Rv. SIC ITVR AD ASTRA, female figure seated on the seat consists of a unicorn and a hunting dog, holds an arrow in his right hand, is threatened by a coiled snake on his left arm, below: OPVS SPERANDEI. Pollard 114 (AE 83,7mm); Armand I, 74,43; Hill 399.
Rare and extremely fine posterior cast.
Cast medal after 1489, opus: Bartolomeo of Sperandio Savelli (1431-1504), called Sperandio from Mantova. ; ; CAMILLA SFOR DE ARAGONIA MATRONAR PVDICISSIMA PISAVRI DOMINA, bust turned three quarters to the left, with widow's veil. Rv. SIC ITVR AD ASTRA, female figure seated on the seat consists of a unicorn and a hunting dog, holds an arrow in his right hand, is threatened by a coiled snake on his left arm, below: OPVS SPERANDEI. Pollard 114 (AE 83,7mm); Armand I, 74,43; Hill 399.
Rare and extremely fine posterior cast.