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PART II
hounds; she holds in 1. shield (horse-head) of
Manfredi, in r. a pair of compasses and a convex
mirror in which she gazes; small leafless trees
in background r. and 1.
Arm. I, 74, 41 (73 mm.). Gruyer, Eart ferrarais, i,
pp. 637, 638. Foville, p. 48, no. 23. Hab., PI. xxv, 2.
[a. Pl. 59.]
(a) Berlin, 73 mm. Friedl., p. 74, no. 37, Pl. xiii. Burl.
Mag., xvi (Oct. 1909), p. 24, Pl. I. (Z>) Brescia
(Brozzoni), 71 mm. Mazz. I, xxv, 2. Rizz., no. 113.
(c) Another (Martinengo), 72 mm. Rizz., no. 112.
(<7) London (George III), f 70 mm. Poor after-cast.
(e) Paris, 73 mm. (/) Vienna, 71 mm. After-cast.
Tres. de Num. II, xii, 1. Heiss, p. 65, no. 39, Pl. xiii, 2.
(£■) Formerly J. C. Robinson (73 mm.). Catal., no. 45,
ex His de la Salle, no. 76.
Sarzanella was employed on diplomatic service by the
Estensi. This then was doubtless made at Ferrara, where
Sarzanella was present in 1463. Observe the resemblance
to the smaller Carbone medal in the signature, and to the
Pendaglia in treatment of the bust.
CARBONE (Lodovico), of Ferrara, poet.
359. Obv. (rose) • CANDIDIOR • PVRA • CARBO •
POETA • nive • Bust 1., hair to nape of neck,
wearing tall soft cap and gown.
Rev. (rose) HANC • TIBI • CALLIOPE • SERVAT •
LODOVICE • CORONAM Carbone, wearing cap
as on obv., and gown with long hanging sleeves,
girt at waist, standing r., receiving a wreath
from Calliope, who, nude to waist, is seated
facing him on a cippus: in background, a
fountain with reservoir on a column from which
two jets descend to a basin. In field to 1.
opvs|spera|ndei
Arm. I, 66, 13 (72 mm.). Tres. de Num. I, x, 1. Gruyer,
Eart ferrarais, i, p. 647. Foville, p. 57, no. 38. Hab.,
Pl. xxv, 1. [d. Pl. 60.]
(a) Berlin, 72 mm. Friedl., p. 66, no. 15, Pl. xiii.
(b) Brescia (Brozzoni), 69 mm. Mazz. I, xxi, 2. Rizz.,
no. 95. (c) London, f 70 mm. After-cast. (zf) Lon-
don, V.A. M. (Salting), f 71 mm. (e) Milan, Med.
Mun. (Brera), 71 mm. (/) Paris, 72 mm. After-cast.
Heiss, p. 33, no. 13, Pl. iv, 3. (^) Another (Val-
ton), f 70 mm. (A) Vienna, f 70 mm. Not contem-
porary. (z) Gustave Dreyfus, f. La Coll. Dreyfus,
p. 9, no. IX.
According to Foville this medal shows the influence of
Lysippus and commemorates the death of Carbone in 1485
(sic: the date is usually given as 1482). The influence of
Lysippus is not apparent to me; and in age I can see little
difference from the other portrait. Probably Sperandio
made this medal after his arrival at Ferrara, and the laurea-
tion of 1464 was an excuse for a second medal.
The obverse inscription is from a poem addressed to
Carbone by Tito Vespasiano Strozzi (Erot. lib. iiii, p. 49 v°,
Ven. 1513).
360. Obv. OR SETTV QVEL CARBONE QVELLA
FONTE • Bust r. laureate, hair to nape of neck,
wearing robe (on some specimens with pattern
incised); below, incised, • OPVS SPERANDEI •
Rev. (rose) CHE SPANDI DI PARLAR SI LARGO
FIVME? Rising from the waves, a Siren seen
from the front; in each hand she holds one of
the two fish-tails in which her body ends; rocky
foreground with leafless tree 1. and r.; above,
• MVSIS GRATIISQVE VOLENTIBVS •
Arm. 1,66,14 (88 mm.). Gruyer, Eartferrarais, i, p. 646.
[d. Pl. 60.]
(zz) Brescia (Brozzoni), 91 mm. Mazz. I, xxi, 1. Rizz.,
no. 96. (b) Ferrara, Biblioteca, 88 mm. Friedl., p. 67,
no. 16. (c) London (George III), f 88mm. Bad after-
cast. (d) London, V. A. M. (Soulages 662-1865),bronze
gilt, f 92 mm. (e) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 86-5 mm.
(f) Another (Brera), f 89 mm. Old lead. (£•) Vienna,
f 89-5 mm. After-cast. Tres. de Num. II, xi, 1. Heiss,
p. 33, no. 14, Pl. v, 1. Foville, p. 39, no. 4.
Carbone received a wreath from Pius II at Bologna in
1464, and from Frederick III at Ferrara at the end of Jan.
1469. The medal doubtless dates from one of these
occasions, probably from the former, when the poet would
be about 28 or 29. Gruyer’s reason for dating this and the
other medal about 1477 is not apparent.
For the inscription, see Inferno, i. 79-80: or se’ tu quel
Virgilio e quella fonte, &c.
SFORZA (Francesco), Duke of Milan.
361. Obv. (rose) FRANC1SCVS • SFORTIA • VICE
COMES • DVX • MED1OLANI • QVARTVS Bust
three-quarters r., hair curling above ears, top
of head bald, wearing plate-armour.
Rev. (rose) - op VS - s PER A N D E I ■ Front
view of a Renaissance building, showing central
and three secondary cupolas, three doors in
front, two lateral porches, galleries opening on
to front on upper floor.
Arm. I, 74, 42 (86 mm.). Foville, p. 39, no. 3. [a. Pl. 60.]
(a) Berlin, 86 mm. Friedl., p. 62, no. 2, Pl. xii. (b) Edin-
burgh, R. Scottish Mus., lead, 91-5 mm. (c) Florence,
83 mm. Sup., no. 91. Not contemporary, (d) Lon-
don (George HI), J 84 mm. After-cast, poor, (e) Lon-
don, V. A. M. (Salting), f 86 mm. (/) Another, 193-66,
f 89 mm. (g) Milan, Med. Mun. (Brera), lead. Litta,
Sforza, I, 4. Not contemporary. (A) Venice, Mus.
Arch., J 86 mm. (z) Vienna, f 87 mm. Late repro-
duction. Heraeus, Pl. 56, 3. Tres. de Num. II, iv, 1.
Heiss, p. 66, no. 40, Pl. xiii, 3.
Probably the building is intended as a memorial to the
Duke, and the medal dates from 1466. With the building
compare that on the Lanfredini medal (no. 377, Pl. 66). As
Habich remarks, the portrait is doubtless copied from a
painting.
CARACCIOLO (Marino), of Naples, Mar-
shal.
362. Obv. MARINVS • KARAZOLVS • bE A POL! TA
NVS • FERDINAND! • REGIS • EXERC1TVS • MERES
CALLVS • Bust 1., hair to nape of neck, tall soft
cap; plate-armour over mail.
Rev. *OPVS*SPE RANDEI* Caracciolo, wearing
antique armour (legs bare) and cloak fastened
on r. shoulder, seated to front on lion walking
r.; he holds baton in 1., with r. he caresses a little
dog which leaps up to him. Rocky landscape,
with small leafless trees r. and 1.
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hounds; she holds in 1. shield (horse-head) of
Manfredi, in r. a pair of compasses and a convex
mirror in which she gazes; small leafless trees
in background r. and 1.
Arm. I, 74, 41 (73 mm.). Gruyer, Eart ferrarais, i,
pp. 637, 638. Foville, p. 48, no. 23. Hab., PI. xxv, 2.
[a. Pl. 59.]
(a) Berlin, 73 mm. Friedl., p. 74, no. 37, Pl. xiii. Burl.
Mag., xvi (Oct. 1909), p. 24, Pl. I. (Z>) Brescia
(Brozzoni), 71 mm. Mazz. I, xxv, 2. Rizz., no. 113.
(c) Another (Martinengo), 72 mm. Rizz., no. 112.
(<7) London (George III), f 70 mm. Poor after-cast.
(e) Paris, 73 mm. (/) Vienna, 71 mm. After-cast.
Tres. de Num. II, xii, 1. Heiss, p. 65, no. 39, Pl. xiii, 2.
(£■) Formerly J. C. Robinson (73 mm.). Catal., no. 45,
ex His de la Salle, no. 76.
Sarzanella was employed on diplomatic service by the
Estensi. This then was doubtless made at Ferrara, where
Sarzanella was present in 1463. Observe the resemblance
to the smaller Carbone medal in the signature, and to the
Pendaglia in treatment of the bust.
CARBONE (Lodovico), of Ferrara, poet.
359. Obv. (rose) • CANDIDIOR • PVRA • CARBO •
POETA • nive • Bust 1., hair to nape of neck,
wearing tall soft cap and gown.
Rev. (rose) HANC • TIBI • CALLIOPE • SERVAT •
LODOVICE • CORONAM Carbone, wearing cap
as on obv., and gown with long hanging sleeves,
girt at waist, standing r., receiving a wreath
from Calliope, who, nude to waist, is seated
facing him on a cippus: in background, a
fountain with reservoir on a column from which
two jets descend to a basin. In field to 1.
opvs|spera|ndei
Arm. I, 66, 13 (72 mm.). Tres. de Num. I, x, 1. Gruyer,
Eart ferrarais, i, p. 647. Foville, p. 57, no. 38. Hab.,
Pl. xxv, 1. [d. Pl. 60.]
(a) Berlin, 72 mm. Friedl., p. 66, no. 15, Pl. xiii.
(b) Brescia (Brozzoni), 69 mm. Mazz. I, xxi, 2. Rizz.,
no. 95. (c) London, f 70 mm. After-cast. (zf) Lon-
don, V.A. M. (Salting), f 71 mm. (e) Milan, Med.
Mun. (Brera), 71 mm. (/) Paris, 72 mm. After-cast.
Heiss, p. 33, no. 13, Pl. iv, 3. (^) Another (Val-
ton), f 70 mm. (A) Vienna, f 70 mm. Not contem-
porary. (z) Gustave Dreyfus, f. La Coll. Dreyfus,
p. 9, no. IX.
According to Foville this medal shows the influence of
Lysippus and commemorates the death of Carbone in 1485
(sic: the date is usually given as 1482). The influence of
Lysippus is not apparent to me; and in age I can see little
difference from the other portrait. Probably Sperandio
made this medal after his arrival at Ferrara, and the laurea-
tion of 1464 was an excuse for a second medal.
The obverse inscription is from a poem addressed to
Carbone by Tito Vespasiano Strozzi (Erot. lib. iiii, p. 49 v°,
Ven. 1513).
360. Obv. OR SETTV QVEL CARBONE QVELLA
FONTE • Bust r. laureate, hair to nape of neck,
wearing robe (on some specimens with pattern
incised); below, incised, • OPVS SPERANDEI •
Rev. (rose) CHE SPANDI DI PARLAR SI LARGO
FIVME? Rising from the waves, a Siren seen
from the front; in each hand she holds one of
the two fish-tails in which her body ends; rocky
foreground with leafless tree 1. and r.; above,
• MVSIS GRATIISQVE VOLENTIBVS •
Arm. 1,66,14 (88 mm.). Gruyer, Eartferrarais, i, p. 646.
[d. Pl. 60.]
(zz) Brescia (Brozzoni), 91 mm. Mazz. I, xxi, 1. Rizz.,
no. 96. (b) Ferrara, Biblioteca, 88 mm. Friedl., p. 67,
no. 16. (c) London (George III), f 88mm. Bad after-
cast. (d) London, V. A. M. (Soulages 662-1865),bronze
gilt, f 92 mm. (e) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 86-5 mm.
(f) Another (Brera), f 89 mm. Old lead. (£•) Vienna,
f 89-5 mm. After-cast. Tres. de Num. II, xi, 1. Heiss,
p. 33, no. 14, Pl. v, 1. Foville, p. 39, no. 4.
Carbone received a wreath from Pius II at Bologna in
1464, and from Frederick III at Ferrara at the end of Jan.
1469. The medal doubtless dates from one of these
occasions, probably from the former, when the poet would
be about 28 or 29. Gruyer’s reason for dating this and the
other medal about 1477 is not apparent.
For the inscription, see Inferno, i. 79-80: or se’ tu quel
Virgilio e quella fonte, &c.
SFORZA (Francesco), Duke of Milan.
361. Obv. (rose) FRANC1SCVS • SFORTIA • VICE
COMES • DVX • MED1OLANI • QVARTVS Bust
three-quarters r., hair curling above ears, top
of head bald, wearing plate-armour.
Rev. (rose) - op VS - s PER A N D E I ■ Front
view of a Renaissance building, showing central
and three secondary cupolas, three doors in
front, two lateral porches, galleries opening on
to front on upper floor.
Arm. I, 74, 42 (86 mm.). Foville, p. 39, no. 3. [a. Pl. 60.]
(a) Berlin, 86 mm. Friedl., p. 62, no. 2, Pl. xii. (b) Edin-
burgh, R. Scottish Mus., lead, 91-5 mm. (c) Florence,
83 mm. Sup., no. 91. Not contemporary, (d) Lon-
don (George HI), J 84 mm. After-cast, poor, (e) Lon-
don, V. A. M. (Salting), f 86 mm. (/) Another, 193-66,
f 89 mm. (g) Milan, Med. Mun. (Brera), lead. Litta,
Sforza, I, 4. Not contemporary. (A) Venice, Mus.
Arch., J 86 mm. (z) Vienna, f 87 mm. Late repro-
duction. Heraeus, Pl. 56, 3. Tres. de Num. II, iv, 1.
Heiss, p. 66, no. 40, Pl. xiii, 3.
Probably the building is intended as a memorial to the
Duke, and the medal dates from 1466. With the building
compare that on the Lanfredini medal (no. 377, Pl. 66). As
Habich remarks, the portrait is doubtless copied from a
painting.
CARACCIOLO (Marino), of Naples, Mar-
shal.
362. Obv. MARINVS • KARAZOLVS • bE A POL! TA
NVS • FERDINAND! • REGIS • EXERC1TVS • MERES
CALLVS • Bust 1., hair to nape of neck, tall soft
cap; plate-armour over mail.
Rev. *OPVS*SPE RANDEI* Caracciolo, wearing
antique armour (legs bare) and cloak fastened
on r. shoulder, seated to front on lion walking
r.; he holds baton in 1., with r. he caresses a little
dog which leaps up to him. Rocky landscape,
with small leafless trees r. and 1.
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