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Lot 348. Italy, Cast AE Medal, Portrait of an unknown lady
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, June 21st, 20:56:00 CEST)
Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 05:18:59 CET
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CHF 65.00 (4 bids)
Approx. EUR 70.17 / USD 73.29 / GBP 58.38
Bid history
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CHF 65.00
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Bidder 4 *
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2020-06-21, 18:25:30
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CHF 60.00
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Bidder 3 *
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2020-06-21, 20:55:27
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CHF 50.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2020-06-18, 13:24:51
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CHF 20.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2020-06-09, 17:50:26
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 4
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eAuction #68, Lot 348. Estimate: CHF 25.00
Italy. Renaissance. Cast uniface AE Medal n.d. (71 mm, 29.11 g), attributed to Bombarda.
Obv. [QVOD HVIC DEEST ME T]ORQVET, Half-length portrait of a young lady left with elaborate hairdo and veil which
sweeps down around the truncation; below truncation, traces of Greek inscription ΕΣ ...ΛΛΗ ...ΒΩΣΙΟΣ and in Latin ANN [XX] (example in
Turin recorded by Armand).
Arm. II, 234/28; cf. Attwood
680 var.
Pierced, cast taken from a pierced example,
brown patina.
The medal is discussed by Pollard in the
National Gallery of Art, Washington catalogue, p. 530. Medal no. 529
depicts the same sitter in a different dress and without an inscription,
but which is signed by Bombarda. Pollard took the Greek inscription to
indicate that the medallist is an otherwise unknown Bosius. The
inscription "Quod huic deest me torquet" found around the portrait
appears on the impresa of Federico II Gonzaga apparently referring
obliquely to his passion for his mistress Isabella Boschetti.
From an old Swiss private collection formed before 1942.
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