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FLORENTINE: ABOUT I48O-I5IO IO82-5
doubtless disappeared in one of the two burglaries from
which that collection has suffered.
1082. Obv. v PORTIO v MEA v INTERRA ▼ VIV
ENTIVM Bust 1., in habit with hood drawn up.
Rev. + POST A GLADIVM a SPS a DONI a SVP ►
TERRAM On 1., hand issuing from clouds holding
dagger downwards, on r., Holy Spirit as dove
1. on rays, all above a city with towers.
Arm. Ill, 169, 2(51 mm.). Schnitzer, nos. 4, 4 a.
[a. Pl. 180.]
(a) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 50 mm. Heiss, Nice. Spin.,
p. 69, no. 2, Pl. vii, 4. (Z>) Parma, 51 mm. Arm., loc.
cit. (r) Venice, Correr, f 50 mm. Catal., no. 355.
(<7) The late Baron C. A. de Cosson, f 50 mm. The
obv. motto : Ps. cxli. 6.
1083. Obv. (spray) • FR • HIERONIMS • SAVONARO
LA • FER RIENS1S • ORD • PRA.DIC • Bust 1. in
habit with hood raised; inscription between
two pearled circles.
Rev. None.
Arm. Ill, p. 33. [6. Pl. 180.]
(a) Gustave Dreyfus, lead, 65 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Nice. Spin., p. 69, no. 5, Pl. vi, 6. (Z>) T. W. Greene.
Bronze matrix, 67 mm.
The character of the lettering shows that this is not very
near the time of Savonarola, though it probably dates from
the sixteenth century.
Besides these medals there are others of Savonarola
obviously of later sixteenth-century origin. The most
important of these is the uninscribed plaquette (Berlin,
Simon, no. 355, bronze gilt, 100-5 Berl. Exh., 1898,
p. no; Bange, no. 274, Pl. 26; another at Bologna, Mus.
Civico, 98 mm.) with his half-figure to front, looking 1.,
supported by a cherub’s head, and holding crucifix and lily.
Bode (Jahrb., xix, p. 223) attributed it to Sperandio.
Fabriczy (p. 134, Pl. xxvii, 4) more justly dates it in the
sixteenth century, attributing it to the school of Fra Barto-
lommeo. Schnitzer (p. 632, and note 50 on p. 1129)
remarks (perhaps in irony) that if it is by Sperandio he
cannot have died so early as is generally supposed. It
may be added that he must also have changed his
style completely. Marquand (p. 6, fig. 1) places it under
Fra Mattia, apparently on the ground that the cherub’s
head suggests Robbia design.
There is also in the British Museum a piece dating from
about 1550 at the earliest, with the bust to r., and inscrip-
tion H1ERONYMI SAVONAROLA. FERR a ORDN a
PRALDIC * EPIG a VER a (for effigies vend)-, raised
pearled border, 52 mm., without reverse.
VI. MEDALS OF ABOUT 1480-1510 MORE WIDELY REMOVED
FROM THE STYLE OF NICCOLO FIORENTINO
GADDI (Giovanni).
1084. Obv. JOANNES DE GHADD1S (incised).
Bust 1., with hair to nape of neck, wearing
plate-armour with winged mask on breast.
Rev. A hooded falcon, with wings spread,
standing 1. on a laurel-tree to which his legs are
bound with a cord; above, a scroll with the in-
cised inscription a tant a QV Ev IEtVIVRAI
and floral ornament.
Arm. I, 96, 1 (90 mm.); Ill, 27, a. Heiss, Flor., i,
p. 75, Pl. viii, 4. Bode, Jahrb., xxv (1904), p. 9; Flor.
BildhS, p. 277. [a. Pl. 181.]
(<z) Berlin, 90 mm. Friedl., p. 142, no. 2, Pl. xxvii.
(Z>) Florence, f 90 mm. Litta, Gaddi. Sup., no. 114,
Pl. xxiii. (c) The late Baron C. A. de Cosson, f 90 mm.
The incised inscription looks later than the fifteenth
century. Friedlander dates the medal c. 1485-90, and
comparing it with that of Filippo Strozzi suggests Bene-
detto da Maiano as the artist. It certainly has a sculp-
turesque quality which places it, with the two Medici medals
(nos. 907-8) and the Sassetta (no. 1087), outside the work of
the professional medallist. The Pagagnoti medal (following)
is also in the same class. Bode, on the other hand, regards
it as close in style to the Anthony of Burgundy and perhaps
Niccold’s first medal made in Florence, dating it, 'from the
age of the sitter’, about 1475. But he does not give any
date or authority for Gaddi’s birth. Gaddi is known to
have been prior of Florence and to have held a naval
command in 1477; and he died in 1485 (buried in S. M.
Novella, 25 Dec., Milanesi MS.). Milanesi also mentions
in this connexion a different Giovanni, son of Taddeo
d’ Angelo, born on 25 Apr. 1493, chierico di camera of Cle-
ment VII.
PAGAGNOTI (Alessandro).
1085. Obv. ALESANDER V DE r ▼ PAGAGNOTIS
Bust 1., aged, with short hair, wearing robe.
Rev. v SP ES v Hope, wearing girdled tunic,
standing r., hands folded in prayer, looking up
at radiant sun.
Arm. I, 94, 8 (80 mm.). Fabr., p. 128. Hab., Pl. xlvi, 4.
Pl. 181.]
(a) Florence, 80 mm. Yellow brass. Without rev.
Sup., no. no, Pl. xxvii. Old. (Z>) Paris, 80 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. (c) T. W. Greene, f 80 mm. (</) For-
merly A. Heiss, 80 mm. Heiss, Flor., i, p. 85. Pl. xi, 7.
According to Milanesi (MS. Siena), Alessandro di Piero
di Loteringo Pagagnoti, a Florentine, was born in 1422 and
died on 7 May 1500, being buried in S. Marco (cp. Libro
de’ Morti, 20 June 1500: 'Sandro Pagagnotti riposto in
S. Marco’). He was a Prior of Liberty in 1488-9. His
portrait seems to be that of a man between 70 and 75 years,
and may therefore be dated about 1495. The sculpturesque
handling of the bust, combined with the realistic treatment
of detail in the face, places this medal in the same class as
that of Gaddi.
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doubtless disappeared in one of the two burglaries from
which that collection has suffered.
1082. Obv. v PORTIO v MEA v INTERRA ▼ VIV
ENTIVM Bust 1., in habit with hood drawn up.
Rev. + POST A GLADIVM a SPS a DONI a SVP ►
TERRAM On 1., hand issuing from clouds holding
dagger downwards, on r., Holy Spirit as dove
1. on rays, all above a city with towers.
Arm. Ill, 169, 2(51 mm.). Schnitzer, nos. 4, 4 a.
[a. Pl. 180.]
(a) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 50 mm. Heiss, Nice. Spin.,
p. 69, no. 2, Pl. vii, 4. (Z>) Parma, 51 mm. Arm., loc.
cit. (r) Venice, Correr, f 50 mm. Catal., no. 355.
(<7) The late Baron C. A. de Cosson, f 50 mm. The
obv. motto : Ps. cxli. 6.
1083. Obv. (spray) • FR • HIERONIMS • SAVONARO
LA • FER RIENS1S • ORD • PRA.DIC • Bust 1. in
habit with hood raised; inscription between
two pearled circles.
Rev. None.
Arm. Ill, p. 33. [6. Pl. 180.]
(a) Gustave Dreyfus, lead, 65 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Nice. Spin., p. 69, no. 5, Pl. vi, 6. (Z>) T. W. Greene.
Bronze matrix, 67 mm.
The character of the lettering shows that this is not very
near the time of Savonarola, though it probably dates from
the sixteenth century.
Besides these medals there are others of Savonarola
obviously of later sixteenth-century origin. The most
important of these is the uninscribed plaquette (Berlin,
Simon, no. 355, bronze gilt, 100-5 Berl. Exh., 1898,
p. no; Bange, no. 274, Pl. 26; another at Bologna, Mus.
Civico, 98 mm.) with his half-figure to front, looking 1.,
supported by a cherub’s head, and holding crucifix and lily.
Bode (Jahrb., xix, p. 223) attributed it to Sperandio.
Fabriczy (p. 134, Pl. xxvii, 4) more justly dates it in the
sixteenth century, attributing it to the school of Fra Barto-
lommeo. Schnitzer (p. 632, and note 50 on p. 1129)
remarks (perhaps in irony) that if it is by Sperandio he
cannot have died so early as is generally supposed. It
may be added that he must also have changed his
style completely. Marquand (p. 6, fig. 1) places it under
Fra Mattia, apparently on the ground that the cherub’s
head suggests Robbia design.
There is also in the British Museum a piece dating from
about 1550 at the earliest, with the bust to r., and inscrip-
tion H1ERONYMI SAVONAROLA. FERR a ORDN a
PRALDIC * EPIG a VER a (for effigies vend)-, raised
pearled border, 52 mm., without reverse.
VI. MEDALS OF ABOUT 1480-1510 MORE WIDELY REMOVED
FROM THE STYLE OF NICCOLO FIORENTINO
GADDI (Giovanni).
1084. Obv. JOANNES DE GHADD1S (incised).
Bust 1., with hair to nape of neck, wearing
plate-armour with winged mask on breast.
Rev. A hooded falcon, with wings spread,
standing 1. on a laurel-tree to which his legs are
bound with a cord; above, a scroll with the in-
cised inscription a tant a QV Ev IEtVIVRAI
and floral ornament.
Arm. I, 96, 1 (90 mm.); Ill, 27, a. Heiss, Flor., i,
p. 75, Pl. viii, 4. Bode, Jahrb., xxv (1904), p. 9; Flor.
BildhS, p. 277. [a. Pl. 181.]
(<z) Berlin, 90 mm. Friedl., p. 142, no. 2, Pl. xxvii.
(Z>) Florence, f 90 mm. Litta, Gaddi. Sup., no. 114,
Pl. xxiii. (c) The late Baron C. A. de Cosson, f 90 mm.
The incised inscription looks later than the fifteenth
century. Friedlander dates the medal c. 1485-90, and
comparing it with that of Filippo Strozzi suggests Bene-
detto da Maiano as the artist. It certainly has a sculp-
turesque quality which places it, with the two Medici medals
(nos. 907-8) and the Sassetta (no. 1087), outside the work of
the professional medallist. The Pagagnoti medal (following)
is also in the same class. Bode, on the other hand, regards
it as close in style to the Anthony of Burgundy and perhaps
Niccold’s first medal made in Florence, dating it, 'from the
age of the sitter’, about 1475. But he does not give any
date or authority for Gaddi’s birth. Gaddi is known to
have been prior of Florence and to have held a naval
command in 1477; and he died in 1485 (buried in S. M.
Novella, 25 Dec., Milanesi MS.). Milanesi also mentions
in this connexion a different Giovanni, son of Taddeo
d’ Angelo, born on 25 Apr. 1493, chierico di camera of Cle-
ment VII.
PAGAGNOTI (Alessandro).
1085. Obv. ALESANDER V DE r ▼ PAGAGNOTIS
Bust 1., aged, with short hair, wearing robe.
Rev. v SP ES v Hope, wearing girdled tunic,
standing r., hands folded in prayer, looking up
at radiant sun.
Arm. I, 94, 8 (80 mm.). Fabr., p. 128. Hab., Pl. xlvi, 4.
Pl. 181.]
(a) Florence, 80 mm. Yellow brass. Without rev.
Sup., no. no, Pl. xxvii. Old. (Z>) Paris, 80 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. (c) T. W. Greene, f 80 mm. (</) For-
merly A. Heiss, 80 mm. Heiss, Flor., i, p. 85. Pl. xi, 7.
According to Milanesi (MS. Siena), Alessandro di Piero
di Loteringo Pagagnoti, a Florentine, was born in 1422 and
died on 7 May 1500, being buried in S. Marco (cp. Libro
de’ Morti, 20 June 1500: 'Sandro Pagagnotti riposto in
S. Marco’). He was a Prior of Liberty in 1488-9. His
portrait seems to be that of a man between 70 and 75 years,
and may therefore be dated about 1495. The sculpturesque
handling of the bust, combined with the realistic treatment
of detail in the face, places this medal in the same class as
that of Gaddi.
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