293 TWO BRONZE MEDALS (a) MEDAL WITH PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XII FRENCH, 17TH CENTURY The head in profile, pointed bonnet on long hair. In the field to right and left armorial bearings and the motto, CONTINUER SANS ESTRE LAS. Diameter, 21/4 inches (b) BRONZE MEDAL BY ALESSANDRO SELVI: PORTRAIT OF A FRANCISCAN ORATOR FLORENTINE, DATED 1748 The face with profile likeness, in flowing robes, surrounded by the legend. The verso with an adoration of the Agnus Dei, legend and date. (2) Diameter, 31/2 inches From the Spitzer legacies. 294 TWO BRONZE BAS-RELIEFS (a) BRONZE MEDAL OF GIOVANNI II, BENTIVOGLIO ANONYMOUS, 15TH CENTURY Face: JOANNES BENTIVOLIUS II, BOLONENSIS. Verso: MAXIMILIANI IMPERATORIS MVNVS MCCCCLXXXX. Diameter, 11/8 inches (b) BRONZE PLAQUETTE ANONYMOUS, 17TH CENTURY Depicting in low relief Hercules cleaning the Augean Stables. (2) Diameter, 21/8 inches From the Spitzer legacies. DINANDERIE NUMBERS 295-316 295 CIRCULAR BAS-RELIEF OF DINANDERIE FLEMISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY Representing in repoussé St. John writing the evangels; at his left his symbol of the eagle and, beyond, a group of dragons. Diameter, 51/2 inches From the Spitzer legacies. 296 CIRCULAR BAS-RELIEF OF DINANDERIE FLEMISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY With a composition allegorical of war and peace symoblized by figures, emblems and groups in landscape. Remarkably inventive design. In the left hand corner a cipher. Diameter, 61/4, inches From the Spitzer legacies. 114
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