Hill, George Francis: A corpus of Italian medals of the Renaissance before Cellini: in 2 volumes (Volume 1): Text (London: British Museum, 1930)

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GONFALONIERI (Giov.

PART III
Batt.), the

younger.
557. Obv. IO<BAPTISTACONFALONERaARaETMEa
DOO Bust 1., youthful, wearing cap with back-
flap turned up; hair lank, cut off at nape;
pleated robe.
Rev. SOJA OMNIA in arc above, bECCON ci
PIT ORBIS in arc below. Nature, as female
figure, with mantle covering shoulders and
lower part of body, standing to front on terres-
trial globe (inscribed I • T• OP) which is supported
by two marine monsters of which the heads are
seen r. and 1.; she holds cornucopiae in r.,
short sceptre in 1.; above her head, flames; to
either side, clouds.
Arm. I, 131, 8 (56 mm.); III, 54, a. Mohsen, i, p. 121.
[a. Pl. 101.]
(a) Berlin, 56 mm. Friedl., p. no, no. 15, Pl. xx.
(6) Brescia (Brozzoni), 56 mm. Mazz. I, xlv, 7.
Rizz., no. 173.
The figure represents Nature with the four elements.
Sola omnia written above the fire expresses the Hippocratic
idea that all things proceed from fire. The other inscription
may possibly, as Mr. Mattingly suggests, be a reminiscence
of St John i. 10: etmundus eum non cognovit. Giambattista
Gonfalonieri the younger taught philosophy at Padua from
1518 to 1523 (J. Facciolati, Fasti Gymn. Pat., iii, 1757, pp. 283,
287, 301). Besides his best known work, on the nature of
wine (Ven. 1535), he is said to have written de Mundi
efficientia et aeternitate; his system is based on Aristotle and
Hippocrates. He died, not very old, in 1537. On this
medal he is quite young; it can hardly be much later than
1510.

in his first publication attributed the medal to Giulio on
account of its style, though he did not notice the signature,
which had already been remarked by Friedlander. I have
not seen any specimen of this medal, and when going
through the collection in the Mus. Archeologico at Venice
failed to find the Marciana specimen mentioned by
Cicogna.
RENIER (Daniel).
560. Obv. DANIEL RHEbERIVS PaWDIGNISSIMVS
Bust 1., with long hair, wearing plain round
cap, and dress with narrow collar and stole
over r. shoulder.
Rev. VIRTVTVM INSIGNEM MERITO DAMVS
ECCE CORONAM and, in exergue, IVLII Mr DE
LATVRRE | OPVS Renier, wearing cap and long
robe, seated to front on a chair with high back;
a wreath is held over his head by Justice (on
1., wearing tunic and fluttering scarf, holding
scales in 1., Prudence (on r., similarly clad,
holding tall serpent-twined staff) and two other
female figures seen behind them, of whom that
on r. holds a sceptre (or column, for strength?);
the back of the throne adorned by three
statuettes.
Arm. I, 131, 10 (65 mm.). [c. Pl. 101.]
(a) Berlin, 66 (?) mm. Friedl., p. in, no. 17. (6) Bre-
scia (Brozzoni), 66mm. Mazz. I, xliii, 6. Rizz., no. 174.
(c) London, V.A. M. (Salting), | 66 mm., ex Lobbecke,
no. 21, Pl. iv. (up Venice, Correr, Catal., no. 135.
P. V. is for Patricius Venetus. The medal is evidently
earlier than 6 Dec. 1534, when Renier was created Pro-
curatore di S. Marco di sopra.

MAFFEI (Cosimo).
558. Obv. cosmvs maffevs Head 1., neck
undraped, with short curly hair and pointed
beard.
Rev. OP* IV*TVR* Maffei, wearing short tunic,
riding r. on rearing horse.
(a) Brescia (Martinengo), 54 mm. Rizz., no. 178.
(6) Henry Oppenheimer, f 54-5 mm., ex Lanna,
no. 146, Pl. 11. B. F. A. C., Ital. Sc., p. 102, no. 35,
Pl. Ixiv. [Pl. 101.]
MAZZA (Piero).
559. Obv. PIERO • MAZZA • Youthful bust 1.
with long hair and cap; below the bust (in
continuation of the inscription) TVRR
Rev. Pegasus with nude rider to r., as on
the medal of Marcantonio della Torre (no. 573).
Arm. I, 134, 24 (60 mm.); III, 53, a.
(«) Venice, Pal. Due. (ex Marciana). Cicogna, Inscr.
Ven., n, p. 83. Not seen. (Z>) Formerly T. W. Greene,
62 mm. Poor after-cast. Friedl., p. 214. Arm., loc.
cit. Hess Auct., Frankf. a. M. 10 Oct. 1904, no. 17.
The Hess Catal. omits the signature (which is curiously
placed so as to be upside down unless it is read in continua-
tion of the other words), and calls the rider female ;
Mr. Greene thinks it is probably Mazza himself. Armand

SAN BONIFAZIO (Conte Francesco di).
561. Obv. MAGNIFIC ♦ COMES FRACISCVS DE
SACTO BONIFACIO Bust 1., bearded, with thick
hair, wearing plate-armour over shirt of mail.
Rev. OP.IV.TV* The count, on horseback,
taking part in a cavalry battle; the fighters
nude or in antique armour; below, two corpses.
Arm. I, 132, 11 (92 mm.); HI, 54, b. [c. Pl. 102.]
(a) Venice, Mus. Arch, (ex Marciana), f 88 mm. Friedl.,
p. no, no. 12 ('92 mm.’). Arm., loc. cit. (b) Zurich,
88 mm. Hab., p. 107, Pl. Ixxiv, 1. (c) Henry Oppen-
heimer, f 85 mm. Lettering much chased.
(Gian) Francesco di Giulio of the Conti di San Bonifazio
had an infantry command on the Venetian side at Ghiara-
dadda (Luigi da Porto, Lettere stor., no. 8), but afterwards
deserted to the Imperial side; he was captured at San
Martino in Jan. 1510 and imprisoned (Sanuto, Diarii,
vol. 9, 447, 451 ; vol. 12, 169; vol. 16, 377 : Sanuto does
not mention him after June, 1513).
SOCINO (Bartolommeo).
562. Obv. BARTHOLOMEVS SOCINVS IVRECO
SVLTVS EXCELLETISSIMVS PVBLPLECTOR Bust
1., with long hair, wearing plain cap, gown with
narrow collar and stole over r. shoulder.
Rev. LECTIO BARTH *50* and in arc below
IV v M y deiat t D a OP a Socino, wearing cap

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