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PART V
822-5
(7Z) Oxford, Ashmolean, 52 mm. (e) Paris, 53 mm.
rev. only. Heiss, Rev. Num. (1890), Pl. xiii, 1. La
Tour, loc. cit. Rondot, Med. et grav., Pl. xi, 4.
This medal commemorates Candida’s imprisonment in
the chateau of Lille, of which Jean de la Gruthuse was
commandant and Jean Miette jailor. Tourneur (while
disposing easily of earlier interpretations) conjectures that
the large letter A on the obverse means Assertor (in the
legal sense of liberator) and the two A’s in a love-knot
below mean Assertori Assertus. The medal is thus a token
of gratitude to the commandant, who is conjectured to have
obtained the artist’s release from prison.
Jean de la Gruthuse was taken prisoner at Guinegate,
7 Aug. 1479; the medal was therefore probably made earlier
in the year.
MEDALS WITH PORTRAITS OF CANDIDA
CANDIDA (Giovanni).
822. Obv. JOANNES CANDIDA Bust r., as a boy,
with thick head of hair, wearing plain dress.
Pearled border.
Rev. None.
(a) Modena, 33-5 mm. Edge untrimmed. Gall. Naz.
Ital., i (1894), p. 52, Pl. xii, 4. Rev. Num. (1895),
p. 463. Burl. Mag., xiii (1908), p. 279, Pl. iv, 2.
Hill, P.M.I.A., p. 36, no. 11, Pl. xx. Med. of the
Ren., Pl. xii, 3. Hab., p. 83. W. v. Bode, Zeitschr.
f. Num., 34 (1924), p. 389, note 2. [Pl. 134.]
May be a youthful work of Candida himself, before he
came under the influence of Lysippus.
823. Obv. IOHANNIS CANDIDA Bust 1., with
zazzera, wearing round cap and plain robe
fastened down the front.
Rev. None.
Oval.
Arm. II, 85, 9 (58x48 mm.). [a. Pl. 134.]
(«) Gustave Dreyfus, lead, 58 x 48 mm. Arm., loc. cit.
La Coll. Dreyfus, p. 13, no. xvi. Burl. Mag., xiii (1908),
p. 279, Pl. hi, 1. Hill, P.M.I.A., p. 37, no. 12, Pl. xx.
Rom. Med., p. 37. Hab., p. 83. Bode, Zeitschr. f. Num.,
34 (T924), P- 389-
Attributed by some (as by Habich) to Lysippus, and
certainly showing something of his style, but revealing a
broader conception.
OTHER MEDALS SHOWING INFLUENCE OF LYSIPPUS,
POSSIBLY EARLY WORKS OF CANDIDA
CARAFFA (Diomede).
824. Obv. DYOMEDESCAR.RAFACOMESMATAL
VNIEXEMPLF1DSALP Bust r., elderly, with flow-
ing hair, wearing round cap and plain dress
laced (?) on r. shoulder. Border of dots.
Rev. ERGASVVMREGEM ETPATR1AM and, in
exergue, FININTANTO Female figure in tunic
and mantle, standing to front, looking 1.; holds
in 1. cornucopiae, in r. branch and beam of
steelyard with weight attached; on the ground,
on 1. a snake-encircled altar, on r. a wheel.
Pearled border.
Arm. HI, 176, b. Burl.Mag., xiii (1908), p. 280.
[a. Pl. 134.]
(a) Berlin, 40mm. Simon, no. 193. (b) Brescia (Brozzoni),
40 mm. Rizz., no. 485 REGEN ... FINEM TAN
TO’). T. Persico, Diom. Carajfa (1899), p. 86.
Berzeviczy, Beatrix Kirdlyne (1908), p. 99. (c) Flor-
ence, J 40 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Sup., no. 163. Burl.
Mag., loc. cit., Pl. iii, 4. Good. (</) Venice, Mus.
Arch., J 40 mm. Good.
The motto Fine in tanto is inscribed on the tomb of
Diomede Caraffa in S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples. The
steelyard (the family being of the branch della Staderd) was.
used as an impresa by him (Giovio, p. 109); cp. the medals
of Andrea Caraffa (nos. 351, 352). The inscr. reads, if we
omit the letters SALP, continuously from obv. to rev.
Possibly SALP is for Salus publica, was meant to describe
the figure on the reverse (the altar with snake certainly
suggests Salus), and was by a mistake of the medallist
transferred to the obverse. Diomede di Antonio Malizia
Caraffa, born c. 1406-8, was the faithful servant of
Alfonso V and Ferrante I; Count of Maddaloni, 1 Feb.
1465; Count of Corretta, 1480; died on 17 May 1487. He
was much interested in the arts and collected medals, among
other things.
This and the succeeding medal of Vidal seem to me in
style to be half-way between Lysippus and certain medals
(like that of Ruter) generally ascribed to Candida.
VIDAL (Francisco).
825. Obv. FRANCISCVS VITALISNOIANVSREGIS
HISPANIAE MAGISTER Bust r., elderly, wear-
ing round cap and plain robe; behind, a wreath.
Pearled border.
Rev. Within a conventional laurel-wreath,
INGENII | DOCTR1NAE I LEPORISQVE I AC [PROBITA
TIS IPRINCIPIVM IETCVLMEN Pearled border.
Arm. II, 61, 14 (38 mm.). Burl. Mag., xiii (1908), p. 280.
[A Pl. 134.]
(a) Milan (Med. Mun.), J 38 mm. (b) Paris, 39-5 mm.
Tres. de Num. 11, xxxix, 5. Burl. Mag., loc. cit., Pl. iii,5.
For other medals of Vidal as a younger man, see under
Lysippus (nos. 814-16). This medal comes close to some
of the Candida group, such as Juan de Palomar and Nicolas
Ruter (nos. 835-6). It was presumably done before Vidal
went to reside at Saragossa, in 1479. Candida may have
made this and the preceding medal on one of his missions to
Rome and Naples in 1475 to 1478, if not before he went to
Flanders. See also no. 1028.
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822-5
(7Z) Oxford, Ashmolean, 52 mm. (e) Paris, 53 mm.
rev. only. Heiss, Rev. Num. (1890), Pl. xiii, 1. La
Tour, loc. cit. Rondot, Med. et grav., Pl. xi, 4.
This medal commemorates Candida’s imprisonment in
the chateau of Lille, of which Jean de la Gruthuse was
commandant and Jean Miette jailor. Tourneur (while
disposing easily of earlier interpretations) conjectures that
the large letter A on the obverse means Assertor (in the
legal sense of liberator) and the two A’s in a love-knot
below mean Assertori Assertus. The medal is thus a token
of gratitude to the commandant, who is conjectured to have
obtained the artist’s release from prison.
Jean de la Gruthuse was taken prisoner at Guinegate,
7 Aug. 1479; the medal was therefore probably made earlier
in the year.
MEDALS WITH PORTRAITS OF CANDIDA
CANDIDA (Giovanni).
822. Obv. JOANNES CANDIDA Bust r., as a boy,
with thick head of hair, wearing plain dress.
Pearled border.
Rev. None.
(a) Modena, 33-5 mm. Edge untrimmed. Gall. Naz.
Ital., i (1894), p. 52, Pl. xii, 4. Rev. Num. (1895),
p. 463. Burl. Mag., xiii (1908), p. 279, Pl. iv, 2.
Hill, P.M.I.A., p. 36, no. 11, Pl. xx. Med. of the
Ren., Pl. xii, 3. Hab., p. 83. W. v. Bode, Zeitschr.
f. Num., 34 (1924), p. 389, note 2. [Pl. 134.]
May be a youthful work of Candida himself, before he
came under the influence of Lysippus.
823. Obv. IOHANNIS CANDIDA Bust 1., with
zazzera, wearing round cap and plain robe
fastened down the front.
Rev. None.
Oval.
Arm. II, 85, 9 (58x48 mm.). [a. Pl. 134.]
(«) Gustave Dreyfus, lead, 58 x 48 mm. Arm., loc. cit.
La Coll. Dreyfus, p. 13, no. xvi. Burl. Mag., xiii (1908),
p. 279, Pl. hi, 1. Hill, P.M.I.A., p. 37, no. 12, Pl. xx.
Rom. Med., p. 37. Hab., p. 83. Bode, Zeitschr. f. Num.,
34 (T924), P- 389-
Attributed by some (as by Habich) to Lysippus, and
certainly showing something of his style, but revealing a
broader conception.
OTHER MEDALS SHOWING INFLUENCE OF LYSIPPUS,
POSSIBLY EARLY WORKS OF CANDIDA
CARAFFA (Diomede).
824. Obv. DYOMEDESCAR.RAFACOMESMATAL
VNIEXEMPLF1DSALP Bust r., elderly, with flow-
ing hair, wearing round cap and plain dress
laced (?) on r. shoulder. Border of dots.
Rev. ERGASVVMREGEM ETPATR1AM and, in
exergue, FININTANTO Female figure in tunic
and mantle, standing to front, looking 1.; holds
in 1. cornucopiae, in r. branch and beam of
steelyard with weight attached; on the ground,
on 1. a snake-encircled altar, on r. a wheel.
Pearled border.
Arm. HI, 176, b. Burl.Mag., xiii (1908), p. 280.
[a. Pl. 134.]
(a) Berlin, 40mm. Simon, no. 193. (b) Brescia (Brozzoni),
40 mm. Rizz., no. 485 REGEN ... FINEM TAN
TO’). T. Persico, Diom. Carajfa (1899), p. 86.
Berzeviczy, Beatrix Kirdlyne (1908), p. 99. (c) Flor-
ence, J 40 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Sup., no. 163. Burl.
Mag., loc. cit., Pl. iii, 4. Good. (</) Venice, Mus.
Arch., J 40 mm. Good.
The motto Fine in tanto is inscribed on the tomb of
Diomede Caraffa in S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples. The
steelyard (the family being of the branch della Staderd) was.
used as an impresa by him (Giovio, p. 109); cp. the medals
of Andrea Caraffa (nos. 351, 352). The inscr. reads, if we
omit the letters SALP, continuously from obv. to rev.
Possibly SALP is for Salus publica, was meant to describe
the figure on the reverse (the altar with snake certainly
suggests Salus), and was by a mistake of the medallist
transferred to the obverse. Diomede di Antonio Malizia
Caraffa, born c. 1406-8, was the faithful servant of
Alfonso V and Ferrante I; Count of Maddaloni, 1 Feb.
1465; Count of Corretta, 1480; died on 17 May 1487. He
was much interested in the arts and collected medals, among
other things.
This and the succeeding medal of Vidal seem to me in
style to be half-way between Lysippus and certain medals
(like that of Ruter) generally ascribed to Candida.
VIDAL (Francisco).
825. Obv. FRANCISCVS VITALISNOIANVSREGIS
HISPANIAE MAGISTER Bust r., elderly, wear-
ing round cap and plain robe; behind, a wreath.
Pearled border.
Rev. Within a conventional laurel-wreath,
INGENII | DOCTR1NAE I LEPORISQVE I AC [PROBITA
TIS IPRINCIPIVM IETCVLMEN Pearled border.
Arm. II, 61, 14 (38 mm.). Burl. Mag., xiii (1908), p. 280.
[A Pl. 134.]
(a) Milan (Med. Mun.), J 38 mm. (b) Paris, 39-5 mm.
Tres. de Num. 11, xxxix, 5. Burl. Mag., loc. cit., Pl. iii,5.
For other medals of Vidal as a younger man, see under
Lysippus (nos. 814-16). This medal comes close to some
of the Candida group, such as Juan de Palomar and Nicolas
Ruter (nos. 835-6). It was presumably done before Vidal
went to reside at Saragossa, in 1479. Candida may have
made this and the preceding medal on one of his missions to
Rome and Naples in 1475 to 1478, if not before he went to
Flanders. See also no. 1028.
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