Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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ITALY. Parma & Piacenza. Ranuccio II Farnese/Acquisition of Bardi & Compiano Cast Bronze Medal, ND (ca. 1682, or somewhat thereafter).
Morbio-4564. By C. Fiori. Diameter: 110mm. Obverse: Armored and draped bust right, wearing laced collar and with great ornamentation on the shoulder plate; Reverse: Aeriel view of the valley of Taro, and the newly-acquired territories of Bardi and Compiano. An incredibly large and impressive work, this early specimen presents an exceptionally ornate and well rendered bust of the Duke, with high, expressive relief as well. Meanwhile, the reverse offers a detailed map of the territories. VERY RARE in this state of preservation and as an original or very early aftercast, as many of the other examples to reach auction are clearly much later and of inferior castings.
From the Collection of Richard Rossa, formerly of Rossa and Tanenbaum.
Estimate: $3000 - $5000
Morbio-4564. By C. Fiori. Diameter: 110mm. Obverse: Armored and draped bust right, wearing laced collar and with great ornamentation on the shoulder plate; Reverse: Aeriel view of the valley of Taro, and the newly-acquired territories of Bardi and Compiano. An incredibly large and impressive work, this early specimen presents an exceptionally ornate and well rendered bust of the Duke, with high, expressive relief as well. Meanwhile, the reverse offers a detailed map of the territories. VERY RARE in this state of preservation and as an original or very early aftercast, as many of the other examples to reach auction are clearly much later and of inferior castings.
From the Collection of Richard Rossa, formerly of Rossa and Tanenbaum.
Estimate: $3000 - $5000