RELIGIOSA
Mixed lot of medals
Medals (5), in bronze, by Giovanni Bernardi da Castelbolognese or Bonzagni, bust of Christ left, EGO SVM VIA VERITAS ET VITA, rev. Crucifixion, 224g, 89mm ; uniface in bronze by Giovanni Bernardi da Castelbolognese, bust of Virgin Mary right, FECIT MIHI MAGNA Q POTEST EST, 85mm, 96.36g ; oval medal, in bronze, by R. Gordier (?), 22 medallions depicting an episode in the life of Saint Franciis of Paule, founder of the Order of Minims, 73 x 57mm, 92.32g ; uniface in bronze-gilt, unsigned, Madonna, rev. incuse, 63mm, 44.08g, scraped fields ; with an unsigned medal, in bronze, in hebrew with male bust left, two suspension rings, 59.40g, 46mm (Vannel Toderi, 2047, 2048 ; Armand II 7, 2 ; Armand III 150, F).
PROVENANCE: Dupriez
Later casts, some pierced, very fine to extremely fine. (5)