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Jacopo da Trezzo Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1515 - d. 1589

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Dec. 09, 2009
[ ITALIAN MEDALS ]
Est: £150 - £200
JACOPO NIZZOLA DA TREZZO (c. 1514-1589) Philip II of Spain (1556-1598), bronze medal commemorating the Spanish conquest of America, similar to previous lot, 30.7mm (Attwood 95; Armand I, 242, 6; MI I, 148, 118; van Loon I, 387), pierced, a fine contemporary cast
Morton & Eden
Dec. 09, 2009
[ ITALIAN MEDALS ]
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
JACOPO NIZZOLA DA TREZZO (c. 1514-1589) Philip II of Spain (1556-1598), silver medal commemorating the Spanish conquest of America, PHILIPPVS II D G HISP REX, bust right; incised below, IAC TRICI F, rev., SIC ERAT IN FATIS (Thus it was decreed by the fates), two hands attaching a globe to a yoke, 30.2mm (Attwood 95; Armand I, 242, 6; MI I, 148, 118; van Loon I, 387), finely chased, an extremely fine contemporary cast
Morton & Eden
Dec. 09, 2009
[ ITALIAN MEDALS ]
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
JACOPO NIZZOLA DA TREZZO (c. 1514-1589) Mary Tudor (1516-1558), Queen of England, 1553-1558, bronze medal, of the same type as the previous lot, 66.3mm (Attwood 80; Armand I, 241, 3), pierced, an extremely fine early cast, finely chased, with light brown patina
Morton & Eden
Dec. 09, 2009
[ ITALIAN MEDALS ]
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
JACOPO NIZZOLA DA TREZZO (c. 1514-1589) Mary Tudor (1516-1558), Queen of England, 1553-1558, gold medal, MARIA I REG ANGL FRANC ET HIB FIDEI DEFENSATRIX (Mary I, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith), bust left, wearing an ornately embroidered gown, a brooch with pendant pearl at the breast, and a cap adorned with jewels, with a veil falling down the back; below, signed IAC TREZ, rev., CECIS VISVS TIMIDIS QVIES (Sight to the blind, tranquility to the fearful), a figure of Peace, wearing antique drapery and a radiate crown, seated on a throne facing three-quarters right, holding palm and olive branches in her raised right hand and, in her left, a flaming torch with which she sets fire to a pile of arms and armour laid out before her; below the throne are a cube with two clasped hands on one of its sides and a pair of scales (symbolizing Stability, Unity and Justice); to the left, a group of suppliant figures is beset by storms; to the right are other figures and a round temple; above rays issuing from a cloud; in the foreground, a river, 67.7mm, 151.80g (Attwood 80a; Scher 54 (both describing the British Museum gold example with a diameter of 69 mm and weight of 183.48g); MI I, 72, 20; Armand I, 241, 3; van Loon I, 10; Bargello 725 (silver, 67.5mm); Middeldorf & Steibral pl. 72 (silver, 68mm, ex Chigi collection); Attwood 80b (silver, 66mm, British Museum); Börner 776 (bronze, 67.5mm), with a black inventory number R2463 inked on the reverse, some field scratches but a superb contemporary cast, one of only two known in gold
Morton & Eden
Jan. 24, 2008
Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo (c.1514-1589) Gianello della Torre, bronze medal, 81mm., an extremely fine contemporary cast, warm red-brow...
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Jacopo Nizzola da Trezzo (c.1514-1589) Gianello della Torre, bronze medal, 81mm., an extremely fine contemporary cast, warm red-brown patina, pierced at 12 o'clock, trace of black ink number in reverse exergue Obverse: bare-headed bust in profile to the right, with short thick beard, wearing doublet and coat, IANELLVS TVRRIAN CREMON HOROLOG ARCHITECT Reverse: The Fountain of the Sciences, a fountain in the form of a draped female figure standing holding a large bowl from which water gushes, is surrounded by seven men and a child who collect or drink the water, VIR - TVS above, NVNQ DEFICIT in exergue Gianello della Torre (1500-1585), as the inscription here tells us, came from Cremona. He was a watchmaker and engineer. He made a famous clock for Charles V, and his most celebrated feat of engineering was the raising of the level of the Tagus River in 1568. References Armand I, 170, 38; Attwood 91; Bargello III, 721; Currency of Fame 55; Gaetani i, pl. XLIX, 1; Hill-Pollard p.97, pl. 18, 8; Humphris 41; Kress 441a; Rizzini 242
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