Lot 194: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

PIETRO PAOLO GALEOTTI (c. 1520-1584) Leonardo Marini (1509-1573), Dominican theologian, as Archishop of Lanciano, 1560-1568, bronze medal, LEONAR MARINVS ARCHIEPS LANC, bust left wearing cape; signed on truncation, P P R, rev., IN LEGE DNI MEDITABITVR ET FOLIVM EIVS NO DEFLV (His thoughts shall be on the law of the Lord and his leaf shall not wither [Psalm 1, v. 2-3]), Daphne transforming into a tree; a town and mountains in the background, 57.8mm (Toderi/Vannel 1556, this piece; Armand III, 108, J; Alvarez-Ossorio 244), a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina

Provenance: Astarte VIII, 11 October 2001, lot 47; The Estate of John R. Gaines, Morton & Eden, 8 December 2005, lot 32.