Gaspare Mola (1571-1640). Portrait Medal of Maria Magdalena of Austria (1589-1631).43.2 mm. 33.4 grams. Struck in lead. Bargello II 469. Veiled bust to right, MARIA MAGD ARCHID AVSTR MAG DVX ETR / peacock aloft, AETHERA. Medal turn. Glossy and attractive dark gray. A beautifully rendered and perfectly produced piece, with a superb high relief portrait and only slightly doubling within peripheral legends. Choice and problem free. A fine portrait depicting Maria Magdalena as a widow, thus placing it after the 1621 death of Cosimo II de Medici. Quite scarce in this form.From the Santini Collection of Renaissance Medals. Earlier from Numismatica Genevensis SA, Sale 2, November 2002, lot 779; the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Renaissance Medals.
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