Galeazzo Marescotti (patrician of Bologna, 1407-1503), bronze medal by Antonio Marescotti, bust left in cap and gown, rev., a column broken by a storm enclosed within a braid of hair, 94mm (Hill 86; Arm. I, 29, 5), pierced, very fine old cast. The reverse alludes to the death of Galeazzo Marescotti’s mistress Camilla Malvizzi in 1448 (Hill p. 24, note). This example, in line with examples in Berlin, Milan and two in Bologna are aftercasts with the words SENS DOTIER on the reverse erroneously inscribed as SEIIS DOFIER. Provenance: From the collection of Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828-96), his grandson also named Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1897-1979) and by descent to Eduardo Aranda-Godlewski; Spink auction, 2-3 December 2013, lot 471.

Estimate: GBP £500 - £700