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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 88

ANTONIO DI PUCCIO PISANO, called PISANELLO (1395-1450)
Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Marquis of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Emilia 1444. Medal, Ferrara 1444. Bronze, 99mm. Bust left in embroidered tunic, rev. On a rocky crag, a lion standing right regards a scroll of music shown to him by a cupid, square behind - the musical lion a pun on the ruler's name: Leonello ("little lion"). cf. Hill 32. Late 19th Century cast by Liard. Extremely Fine.
From the Neil A. Goodman Collection

Sold for
$350

Starting price
$280