Guillaume Dupré (c. 1579-1640), Marcantonio Memmo and Cardinal Barberini, bronze medal, 1612, MARCVS ANTONIVS MEMMO DVX VENETIARVM, bust of Memmo right wearing Doge’s hat; signed and dated below truncation G DVPRE F 1612, rev., MAPH S R E P CAR BARBERIN SIG IVST PRAE BONO LEG, bust of Barberini right wearing biretta and cardinal’s robes; below truncation signed and dated G DVPRE F 1612, 91.3mm (Jones 37 and 40; Mazerolle 669-670; Rouhette & Tuzio 71; Smolderen 20-21), some edge marks, very fine old cast Provenance: John R Gaines collection.The images are normally found as individual uniface medals but the example in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon combines them as one medal, as here, described as “fonte postérieure”.

Estimate: GBP 500 - 700