Danese Cattaneo (c. 1512-72), Pietro Maria Rossi (Count of San Secondo from 1521), bronze medal, PETRVS MAR R S SECVNDI C, armoured bust left wearing Order of St. Michael, rev., AVT TE CAPIA AVT MORIAR, Rossi dressed in full armour chasing Fortune, 52.5mm (Armand II, 18, 2 and III, 233, I; Toderi/Vannel 644), very fine contemporary cast of high quality with light brown patina, very rare. Pietro Maria Rossi was a military man, married in 1523 to Camilla Gonzaga, niece of Francesco II Gonzaga. The celebrated painting of Camilla Gonzaga and her three sons by Parmigianino is in the Prado, Madrid. Provenance: “Late Collector” sale, Sotheby’s, 12 June 1974, lot 135; Morton & Eden, 27 June 2006, lot 372; Stack collection, Morton & Eden 41, 9 December 2009, lot 148.
Estimate: 8000 - 10000