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b. 1430 - d. 1514

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  • Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli (Firenze 1430-1514) LORENZO DE' MEDICI medaglia in bronzo, diam. mm 86   LORENZO DE’ MEDICI bronze medal, diameter 86 mm   Sul fronte busto verso sinistra con l’iscrizi
    May. 31, 2019

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli (Firenze 1430-1514) LORENZO DE' MEDICI medaglia in bronzo, diam. mm 86   LORENZO DE’ MEDICI bronze medal, diameter 86 mm   Sul fronte busto verso sinistra con l’iscrizi

    Est: €2,500 - €3,500

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli (Firenze 1430-1514) LORENZO DE' MEDICI medaglia in bronzo, diam. mm 86   LORENZO DE’ MEDICI bronze medal, diameter 86 mm   Sul fronte busto verso sinistra con l’iscrizione MAGNVS LAVRENT IVS MEDICES. Sul retro personificazione di Firenze sotto un albero con dei gigli nella mano destra, con l’iscrizione TVTELA PATRIE. FLORENTIA   Bibliografia di confronto Renaissance medals from the Samuel H Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Londra 1967, pp. 51-52 n. 271

    Pandolfini Casa d'Aste
  • [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]
    Dec. 09, 2009

    [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    NICCOLÒ DI FORZORE SPINELLI, called NICCOLÒ FIORENTINO (1430-1514) Antonio Geraldini of Amelia (1457-1488), bronze medal, ANTONIVS GERALDINVS PONTIFICIVS LOGOTHETA FASTORVM VATES, bust right wearing close-fitting cap, rev., RELIGIO SANCTA, an allegorical figure of Religion holding a cornucopia and swinging a censer; signed below, OP NI FO SP FL, 66.3mm (Hill 924; Armand I, 84, 2), pierced, the fields smoothed and edge filed, a very fine old cast with brown patina

    Morton & Eden
  • Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Portrait of a Young Man, uniface bronze medal, 81mm., ...
    Jan. 24, 2008

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Portrait of a Young Man, uniface bronze medal, 81mm., ...

    Est: £400 - £500

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Portrait of a Young Man, uniface bronze medal, 81mm., a very fine cast in high relief (max. 12.5mm.), light brown patina Obverse: bust of a young man in profile to the left, wearing decorated armour with winged mask on breast, N-A across field Reverse: blank The identity of the sitter is unknown. It has been suggested the initials NA stand for Niccolò or Nerio Acciaiuoli, with the winged mask identified with the Gorgon mask that was the symbol of the Duchy of Athens, which the family held from 1385 until the conquest by the Turks. Bode has suggested it is a portrait of Giuliano de'Medici. Hill notes 'all extant specimens have suffered from over-chasing.' References Armand II, 49, 5: Bargello I, 257; Hill 1030; Johnson-Martini 203; Kress 291

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  • Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni, bronze medal, 74.5mm., an attractive...
    Jan. 24, 2008

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni, bronze medal, 74.5mm., an attractive...

    Est: £400 - £500

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Giovanna Albizzi Tornabuoni, bronze medal, 74.5mm., an attractive but late cast, slightly porous surfaces, particularly on the reverse, warm light brown patina Obverse: bust of Giovanna Tornabuoni in profile to right, her hair in curls covering her cheek and in braids at the back, wearing low-cut bodice and necklace with large quatrefoil jewel and pendant pearl, VXOR LAVRENTII DETORNABONIS IOANNA ALBIZA Reverse: Giovanna as Venus in the guise of a Spartan huntress wearing high winged cap, girdled tunic and boots, standing facing, her head turned up to the right, a quiver at her side, holding up an arrow in her right hand, and a bow in her left, VIRGINIS OS HABITVM QVE GERENS et VIRGINIS ARMA The medal was probably made to celebrate the marriage of Giovanna Albizzi to Lorenzo Tornabuoni in 1486. The pearl necklace, with a large natural pearl as a pendant, a symbol of the Virgin, was a traditional wedding gift. The 'Martial Venus' is taken from the Aeneid, book I, when Venus, disguised as a huntress, meets Aeneas on the road to Carthage. 'She had a maiden's countenance and a maiden's guise, and carried a maiden's weapons….she carried a bow as a huntress would, and let her hair stream out into the wind, her tunic's flowing folds caught up and tied, and her knees bare'. She explains to a confused Aeneas 'it is the usual habit of Carthaginian maids to carry a quiver, and to wear these high-laced hunting boots of dark red'. On the medal she personifies both carnal love and chastity, a popular theme in Florentine art and literature at this time. Giovanna died in childbirth in 1488 and is immortalized in Ghirlandaio's frescos of the Life of the Virgin in the Capella Maggiore in Santa Maria Novella, Florence. The Virgin is given the likeness of Giovanna, and Ghirlandaio took the likeness from the medal. References Armand I, 89, 21; Bargello I, 254; Currency of Fame 46; Hill 1022; Johnson-Martini 200

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  • Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Nonnina Strozzi, rectangular bronze medal, 81mm. x 51.4mm., a lat...
    Jan. 24, 2008

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Nonnina Strozzi, rectangular bronze medal, 81mm. x 51.4mm., a lat...

    Est: £400 - £600

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Nonnina Strozzi, rectangular bronze medal, 81mm. x 51.4mm., a later cast from the portrait medal, brown patina, pierced at top, trace of number in ink on the reverse Obverse: bust in profile to the right, hair held by a small bonnet fastened with a ribbon under the chin, wearing a square-cut bodice, a short pearl necklace, and a cameo of a laureate head right, on a chain, no legend Reverse: blank Niccolò Fiorentino made medals of both Bernardo del Barbigia (1453-1505) and his wife Nonina Strozzi with the figure of Hope on the reverse, to commemorate their marriage in 1489. References Armand I, 93, 2; Hill 957 (with figure of Hope on reverse)

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  • Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Charles VIII of France, bronze medal, 95mm., not a contemporary c...
    Jan. 24, 2008

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Charles VIII of France, bronze medal, 95mm., not a contemporary c...

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Charles VIII of France, bronze medal, 95mm., not a contemporary cast but with good detail, rich brown patina Obverse: bust of Charles VIII in profile to left, with long hair and slight beard, wearing cap and pleated gown with Collar and large rectangular pendant Badge of the Order of Saint Michael, · KAROLVS · OCTAVVS · FRANCORVM · IERVSALEN · ET CICILIE · REX · Reverse: Victory, winged and wearing tunic, standing in a car pulled to the right by two horses, holds a sword and palm branch in her right hand and the reins in her left. Peace, holding an olive branch in both hands, walks in front. · VICTORIAM · PAX · SEQV ETVR · This medal is one of a group of medals depicting Frenchmen who took part in the expedition to Italy in 1495. References Armand I, 89, 22; Bargello I, 233; Hill 945; Hill-Pollard p.77

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  • Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Antonio Geraldini, bronze medal, 66.5mm., a fine contemporary cas...
    Jan. 24, 2008

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Antonio Geraldini, bronze medal, 66.5mm., a fine contemporary cas...

    Est: £600 - £800

    Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli, called Niccolò Fiorentino (1430-1514) Antonio Geraldini, bronze medal, 66.5mm., a fine contemporary cast, rich medium brown patina, pierced at 12 o'clock Obverse: bust of Geraldini in profile to the right, with thick curly hair, wearing round cap and pleated gown, ANTONIVS · GERALDINVS · PONTIFICIVS · LOGOTHETA · FASTORVM · VATES Reverse: a laureate and draped female figure (Ecclesia) standing, head in profile to left, swinging a censer in her right hand and holding a cornucopia in her left, ·RELIGIO · SANCTA · around, · OP ·NI · FO · SP · FL · below Antonio Geraldini of Amelia (1457-1488), was crowned poet-laureate in 1479 and appointed protonotary (logotheta) by Pope Innocent VIII. He was a colleague of the Spanish diplomat Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, count of Tendella and first Marquess of Mondejar, and travelled with him to Rome in 1486 when Mendoza was appointed Spanish ambassador by Ferdinand and Isabella. Both men were to feature on medals by Niccolo Fiorentino, and it is assumed that the artist was also in Rome at this time. Over 150 medals have been attributed to Fiorentino, and yet he appears to have signed only five, of which this is one. References Armand I, 84,2; Hill 924

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