Unidentified Medalist of Lombardy (School of Galeotti?). Portrait Medal of Battista Spinola (born 1537).47.1 mm. 30.3 grams. Bronze. Armand II, 209, 30; Attwood 169. Bearded portrait in cuirass faces right, BAP SPINOLA D SERRAVALLIS / Sailing vessel in rough seas, Hebrew inscription above translates to "Save me, Lord, I beseech you." Reverse rotated a bit clockwise of medal turn. Even and attractive dark tan, glossy throughout. A fine early cast. Two tiny attempted punctures are barely visible at 12 oclock. Horizontal scratch above head, rim a bit warped at 3 oclock relative to the obverse. Fields nicely smoothed, edges filed and rounded. A very pleasing and well made piece with a wealth of detail. Though missing from the Kress Collection, this type is represented by two examples at the British Museum, one gilt, both far inferior to this specimen. One was already published in the collection in Kearys 1881 listing, the other came from a Sothebys Rosenheim sale in 1923. This is sharper than the example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art but otherwise quite similar; the Met identifies this Battista Spinola as the Genoese nobleman who was born in 1537, not the Genoese doge of the same name who died in 1539. This medal is rarely encountered, particularly so remarkably well preserved.<p><p>From the Santini Collection of Renaissance Medals. Earlier from the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Renaissance Medals.
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