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53-6
PART I
UNDATED
RENF D’ANJOU.
53. Obv. Similar to no. 51, from same model (?),
but clothing and cap completely altered; the
cap has turned up edge and feather, and encloses
crown, and the coat has a collar.
Rev. None.
Arm. II, 286, 3 bis (90 mm.). [a. Pl. 12.]
(a) Carpentras, lead coloured and gilt, 89 mm. A. Frary,
Monumens . . . d' Avignon (Paris, 1838), p. 96. G. Val-
lier, op. cit., Pl. i, 2. Heiss, Laurana, p. 42, no. 2, Pl. iv, 2.
Friedl., p. 197, no. 2. Arm., loc. cit.
54. Obv. HIC RENATS[Fl]LlVS • REGVM • SCICI-
LIE • AVDIACIOR AVO • ET CETERA. Bust
1., in armour (plate over mail), wearing round
cap with edge turned up all round; in front,
a crown; behind, a helm, bowl and cheek-piece
seme with lis and large lis as crest.
Rev. None.
Arm. I, 39, 6 (86 mm.). Heraeus, Pl. 32, 1. Friedl.,
p. 197, no. 3. [b and c. Pl. 13.]
(a) Berlin (after-cast, with rev. of no. 51 attached). Rolfs,
Laurana, p. 210 n., Pl. 25, 3. (/;) Carpentras, lead, for-
merly gilt. Vallier, op. cit., p. 37. Much decayed.
(c) Vienna,87 mm. (‘After-cast, ruined by chasing’),
Tres. de Num. II, xiv, 1. G. Vallier, op. cit., Pl. i, 1.
Heiss, Laurana, p. 49, no. 6, Pl. v, 3.
The crown (added after the completion of the model in
imitation of Pisanello’s medal of Alfonso) obliterates part
of the inscription, which was RENATV[S F1]LIVS &c. The
V of Renatus has been altered to S.
MARGARET OF ANJOU, Queen of Eng-
land.
55. Obv. • SAGAX • IMBVTA • FVLGET • VIRTVTI
BVS • avdias Bust r., wearing closed crown;
bodice cut square.
MEDALS
Rev. :PRVDEN[TI]A • EST • SVPER • ONIA •
[VI] RTVS • and, in exergue, OPVS • PETRI • DE • |
MEDIOLANO Prudence, as female figure in long
girt tunic, standing to front, holding in 1.
long-handled mirror, resting r. on staff en-
twined by serpent.
Arm. I, 38, 1 (86 mm.). [a. Pl. 13.]
(a) London, V.A. M. (Salting), f 85-5 mm. Bronze gilt,
after-cast; ex Pichon. Vallier, op. cit., Pl. iii. Arm., loc.
cit. Heiss, Laurana, p. 47, no. 5, Pl. v, 2. Friedl., p. 199,
no. 6. Rolfs, Laurana, p. 214. Burl. Mag., xx, 1911,
p. 18. Franks and Grueber, Med. 111., Pl. clxxxii, 1.
Between 1461 and 1463. Friedl, supposed the lady to
be Jeanne de Laval, but there is no resemblance. See
Heiss, loc. cit. With AVDIAS (audax), cp. AVDIAC1OR
on no. 54.
LORRAINE (Ferry II de), Comte de Vau-
demont.
56. Obv. FEDERICVS • D • LOTORINGIA • COMES •
VAVLDEMONTIS • SENESCALLVS • PROVINCIE •
OPVS • PETRI • DE MEDIOLANO: Bust r., in tall
round hat, woolly, with narrow brim, and robe.
Rev. The Count, in armour and hat as on
obv., cloak flying behind, riding 1. on horse-
back, holding baton aloft in r.
Arm. I, 38, 2 (80 mm.). [a. Pl. 14.]
(a) Paris, 80 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Laurana, p. 44,
no. 4, Pl. v, 1. Friedl., p. 198, no. 5. Rolfs, Laurana,
p. 213, Pl. 24, 3.
Before 1464, when he was no longer Seneschal; probably
1462 or 1463 (see Heiss).
A medal of Sixtus IV, dated 1472, described by Bolzen-
thal (p. 46; Arm. I, 39, 5) as the work of Pietro da Milano,
has not been recognized since; Bolzenthal has probably
fallen into some confusion.
FRANCESCO LAURANA
SCULPTOR, architect, and medallist, born in Dalmatia, probably at Zara, about
1420-5. Came to Italy, perhaps to work under Brunelleschi, c. 1444. Associated with
Domenico Gaggini at Florence and Genoa. First mentioned 31 Jan. 1458 at Naples,
where he was largely responsible for sculpture, perhaps also for design, of the Triumphal
Arch. He left Naples probably about 1460, when Ferdinand’s cause seemed lost; was
in France from then until about 1466, when he went to Sicily, where he worked until
1471 or later. He appeared again in Naples in 1474; returned to France, where he is
mentioned in Nov. 1477. He last appears in a document of 10 Nov. 1500, and must
have died before 12 Mar. 1502. His dated medals are of 1461, 1463, 1464, 1466.
As a medallist he is slightly superior to Pietro da Milano, but he understood the
technical side of his art as little as his colleague.
Arm. I, pp. 40-2, HI, pp. 6-7. Bolzenthal, pp. 74 f. Heiss, Francesco Laurana, 1882. Friedlander, Ital. Schaumilnzen,
pp. 199-204. Fabriczy, pp. 39 IF. W. Rolfs, Franz Laurana, 1907. F. Burger, Francesco Laurana, 1907. Venturi, Storia, vi,
pp. 1022-50. L. M. Ciaccio in L’Arte, xi (1908), pp. 409-18. Hab., p. 51. G. d’A. Orsini, Francesco Laurana e la Sala della
Joie nel Pal. Due. d’Urbino in Arch. Stor. per la Dalmazia, ii (Jan. 1927), pp. 3-26.
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PART I
UNDATED
RENF D’ANJOU.
53. Obv. Similar to no. 51, from same model (?),
but clothing and cap completely altered; the
cap has turned up edge and feather, and encloses
crown, and the coat has a collar.
Rev. None.
Arm. II, 286, 3 bis (90 mm.). [a. Pl. 12.]
(a) Carpentras, lead coloured and gilt, 89 mm. A. Frary,
Monumens . . . d' Avignon (Paris, 1838), p. 96. G. Val-
lier, op. cit., Pl. i, 2. Heiss, Laurana, p. 42, no. 2, Pl. iv, 2.
Friedl., p. 197, no. 2. Arm., loc. cit.
54. Obv. HIC RENATS[Fl]LlVS • REGVM • SCICI-
LIE • AVDIACIOR AVO • ET CETERA. Bust
1., in armour (plate over mail), wearing round
cap with edge turned up all round; in front,
a crown; behind, a helm, bowl and cheek-piece
seme with lis and large lis as crest.
Rev. None.
Arm. I, 39, 6 (86 mm.). Heraeus, Pl. 32, 1. Friedl.,
p. 197, no. 3. [b and c. Pl. 13.]
(a) Berlin (after-cast, with rev. of no. 51 attached). Rolfs,
Laurana, p. 210 n., Pl. 25, 3. (/;) Carpentras, lead, for-
merly gilt. Vallier, op. cit., p. 37. Much decayed.
(c) Vienna,87 mm. (‘After-cast, ruined by chasing’),
Tres. de Num. II, xiv, 1. G. Vallier, op. cit., Pl. i, 1.
Heiss, Laurana, p. 49, no. 6, Pl. v, 3.
The crown (added after the completion of the model in
imitation of Pisanello’s medal of Alfonso) obliterates part
of the inscription, which was RENATV[S F1]LIVS &c. The
V of Renatus has been altered to S.
MARGARET OF ANJOU, Queen of Eng-
land.
55. Obv. • SAGAX • IMBVTA • FVLGET • VIRTVTI
BVS • avdias Bust r., wearing closed crown;
bodice cut square.
MEDALS
Rev. :PRVDEN[TI]A • EST • SVPER • ONIA •
[VI] RTVS • and, in exergue, OPVS • PETRI • DE • |
MEDIOLANO Prudence, as female figure in long
girt tunic, standing to front, holding in 1.
long-handled mirror, resting r. on staff en-
twined by serpent.
Arm. I, 38, 1 (86 mm.). [a. Pl. 13.]
(a) London, V.A. M. (Salting), f 85-5 mm. Bronze gilt,
after-cast; ex Pichon. Vallier, op. cit., Pl. iii. Arm., loc.
cit. Heiss, Laurana, p. 47, no. 5, Pl. v, 2. Friedl., p. 199,
no. 6. Rolfs, Laurana, p. 214. Burl. Mag., xx, 1911,
p. 18. Franks and Grueber, Med. 111., Pl. clxxxii, 1.
Between 1461 and 1463. Friedl, supposed the lady to
be Jeanne de Laval, but there is no resemblance. See
Heiss, loc. cit. With AVDIAS (audax), cp. AVDIAC1OR
on no. 54.
LORRAINE (Ferry II de), Comte de Vau-
demont.
56. Obv. FEDERICVS • D • LOTORINGIA • COMES •
VAVLDEMONTIS • SENESCALLVS • PROVINCIE •
OPVS • PETRI • DE MEDIOLANO: Bust r., in tall
round hat, woolly, with narrow brim, and robe.
Rev. The Count, in armour and hat as on
obv., cloak flying behind, riding 1. on horse-
back, holding baton aloft in r.
Arm. I, 38, 2 (80 mm.). [a. Pl. 14.]
(a) Paris, 80 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Laurana, p. 44,
no. 4, Pl. v, 1. Friedl., p. 198, no. 5. Rolfs, Laurana,
p. 213, Pl. 24, 3.
Before 1464, when he was no longer Seneschal; probably
1462 or 1463 (see Heiss).
A medal of Sixtus IV, dated 1472, described by Bolzen-
thal (p. 46; Arm. I, 39, 5) as the work of Pietro da Milano,
has not been recognized since; Bolzenthal has probably
fallen into some confusion.
FRANCESCO LAURANA
SCULPTOR, architect, and medallist, born in Dalmatia, probably at Zara, about
1420-5. Came to Italy, perhaps to work under Brunelleschi, c. 1444. Associated with
Domenico Gaggini at Florence and Genoa. First mentioned 31 Jan. 1458 at Naples,
where he was largely responsible for sculpture, perhaps also for design, of the Triumphal
Arch. He left Naples probably about 1460, when Ferdinand’s cause seemed lost; was
in France from then until about 1466, when he went to Sicily, where he worked until
1471 or later. He appeared again in Naples in 1474; returned to France, where he is
mentioned in Nov. 1477. He last appears in a document of 10 Nov. 1500, and must
have died before 12 Mar. 1502. His dated medals are of 1461, 1463, 1464, 1466.
As a medallist he is slightly superior to Pietro da Milano, but he understood the
technical side of his art as little as his colleague.
Arm. I, pp. 40-2, HI, pp. 6-7. Bolzenthal, pp. 74 f. Heiss, Francesco Laurana, 1882. Friedlander, Ital. Schaumilnzen,
pp. 199-204. Fabriczy, pp. 39 IF. W. Rolfs, Franz Laurana, 1907. F. Burger, Francesco Laurana, 1907. Venturi, Storia, vi,
pp. 1022-50. L. M. Ciaccio in L’Arte, xi (1908), pp. 409-18. Hab., p. 51. G. d’A. Orsini, Francesco Laurana e la Sala della
Joie nel Pal. Due. d’Urbino in Arch. Stor. per la Dalmazia, ii (Jan. 1927), pp. 3-26.
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