Silver, Vertu, Coins & Medals - 19th January 2016
Lot 415
The Seal of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici (1517)
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £150
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Description
The Seal of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici (1517), believed to be by Lautizio of Perugia, a 19th century lead-backed electrotype copy of a positive impression, God watches over the Holy Family, the Cardinal's arms below, 108 x 68mm. Rather knocked and bruised.
The original gilt-bronze matrix is in the Museo del Bargello, Florence.