ITALY
Prince Jean-Gaston de' Medici
Bronze medal, by Massimiliano Soldani, 1685, 86 mm, 189;6g, draped bust of Jean-Gaston de' Medici right, IO. GASTO. AB. ETRVRIA. PRINCEPS. AET. SVAE. A. XIV, rev. winged Virtue, driving the prince away from frivolity, and guiding him to the top of the mountain, NVLLA. NISI. ARDVA. VIRTVS (Vannel Toderi 44).
PROVENANCE: Dupriez
Later cast, pierced at 12 o'clock, extremely fine.