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OTHER RESTITUTIONS AND FORGERIES
(14) Ginevra Cavalcanti, wife of Lorenzo di Giovanni.
Rev. Efficit maius quod accepit. 1744. Brera. Arm. II,
p. 19, 68 mm.
(15) Giovanni di Averardo Bicci. Rev. No inscr. Dia-
mond ring. London, 85 mm.
(16) Giovanni di Cosimo Vecchio. Rev. Si fuero et ero.
London, 86 mm.
(17) Giuliano I di Piero, brother of Lorenzo il Magni-
fico. Rev. Constantior animus et candidior. Brera. Arm. II,
p. 48, 87 mm.
(18) Giuliano II di Lorenzo, Due de Nemours. Rev.
Glovis in a triangle. Arm. Ill, 191, A, 83 mm. London,
85 mm.
(18 a) Another, Rev. Quid in viridi. London, 86 mm.
(19) Ippolito di Giuliano II. Rev. Inter omnes. London,
84 mm.
(20) Laudamia Acciaiuoli. Rev. Forma nisi in veras
non cadit ilia deas. Arm. II, 25, 6. Litta, Acciaiuoli.
Morbio 4378, 84 mm.
(21) Leo X. Rev. Suave. Yoke. London, 85 mm.
(22) Lisa Donati, wife of Chiarissimo. Rev. Hine
omne principium. London, 87 mm.
(23) Lorenzo di Giovanni, brother of Cosimo Vecchio.
Rev. Semper. Three diamond rings. Arm. II, p. 18,
note, 67 mm. Tres. de Num. II, xxxii, 1. Lacks the usual
broad rim.
(24) Lorenzo di Piero I, il Magnifico. Rev. Semper.
Ring and plumes. Mazz. I, xxx, 1. Arm. II, p. 48,
85 mm. Lanna, no. 303, 81 mm. London, 83 mm.
HU-13
(25) Lorenzo di Piero II, Duke of Urbino. Rev. Ita et
virtus. Arm. Ill, 191, b. London, 83 mm.
(26) Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco, il Popolano. Rev. Mui-
cet ut seviat. Brera. Arm. II, p. 48, 80 mm. Morbio
4377, 85 mm.
(27) Lucrezia Tornabuoni, wife of Piero di Cosimo Vec-
chio. Rev. Dulce decus. Arm. II, 25, 3. London, 85 mm.
(28) Madeleine de Boulogne, wife of Lorenzo, Duke of
Urbino. Rev. Magdalena Boloniensis, &c. Arm. II, 94, 5.
Heiss, Flor., i, Pl. xx, 6, 59 mm. This is not by Selvi,
but possibly of the sixteenth century.
(29) Madeleine de Boulogne. Rev. Amat sublimia can-
dor. London, 85 mm.
(30) Piccarda di Odoardo Bueri. Rev. Conto subigit
velasque ministrat. London, 87 mm.
(31) Piero di Cosimo Vecchio. Rev. Semper. Eagle
carrying ring. London, 85 mm.
(32) Another. Rev. Semper. Shield within diamond ring.
Private collection, 78 mm.
(33) Piero di Lorenzo il Magnifico. Rev. In viridi tene-
ras exuritflamma medullas. London, 85 mm.
(34) Pierfrancesco I. Rev. Fortior contrarii. Brera.
Arm. II, 25, 5.
(35) Salvestro di Alamanno. Rev. Ampliss. donis et
equestri ordine, &c. London, 84 mm.
(36) Semiramide Appiani, wife of Lorenzo il Popolano.
Rev. Pace mutua. Brera. Arm. II, p. 49, 80 mm.
(37) Vieri di Cambio. Rev. Opibus et probitate clarus,
&c. London, 86 mm.
OTHER RESTITUTIONS AND FORGERIES
BOCARDI (Bianca di Andrea de’).
1111. Obv. vBL’ANCADEANDREAyDEBOCARDISy
Bust 1., made from that of Bianca Riaria
(no. 1008).
Rev. FIDES CHARI tas speSy Female figure
with chalice in 1., r. hand on head of child,
looking up at sun : all made from rev. of medal
of Filiasio Roverella (no. 1061) or of Joh.
Greudner (no. 1048).
Naples, f 33 mm. Rin., no. 647.
This is a forgery, both obverse and reverse having been
made by recasting from medals of the other persons men-
tioned above.
GUALBERTO (San Giovanni).
1112. Obv. * S * IOHS * GVALBERTI * IH STITV
TOR * ordinis * vallisvm^si Bust 1., bearded,
tonsured and nimbate, wearing habit; on
truncation OBIT * MLX and in field behind XII*
Field stippled; outer pearled circle, and inner
pearled and plain circles.
Rev. S 5, IOHS j, GVABERTI * FVDAVIT M VAL
lisvbrosa 5, View of the Monastery of Val-
lombrosa, with woods behind; on foreground,
MXX; above, two oval shields. Borders as on
obverse. Field stippled.
(a) Florence, in mm. Sup., no. 651. {b) London,
f 114-5 mm.
The shield on the dexter side is: per pale, (1) a lion
rampant (to sinister), (2) a fesse (?). It must be, as Mr. Van
de Put suggests, the arms of the contemporary abbot; but
we have no list of the abbots of Vallombrosa. San Gio-
vanni was given the Buondelmonti arms. The other shield
bears a left hand holding a tall crutch surmounted by a mitre
(for Vallombrosa). The stops are not as shown above, but
one of the three legs is turned the wrong way.
The medal is obviously not earlier than the seventeenth
century; this is shown by the lettering (which seems to
have been impressed in the mould with an alphabet of
punches) and the stippling of the field, as well as by the
general style.
The one-sided medal in the Simon Collection (no. 178,
diam. 99-5 mm.), reading S«IOHS«GVALBTMNSTITV
TOR • ORDIS • VALLE, is also late; the bust on it is
a modified version of the same model as that on the piece
just described.
MACHIAVELLI (Niccolo).
1113. Obv. Bust r., tonsured, wearing pleated
gown buttoned on r. shoulder. The original
inscription has been removed and N • MACH •
FLO • incised on 1.
Rev. None.
Arm. Ill, 192, e (91 mm.).
(a) Formerly Newall, 91 mm. Purchased from Salting,
May, 1891. Perhaps the Thibaudeau specimen. (^For-
merly Thibaudeau. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Flor., i,p. 157.
Apart from the false inscription, this has no claim to be
a portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli; nor has much of the
original Florentine character of the medal survived the
treatment which it has suffered.
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(14) Ginevra Cavalcanti, wife of Lorenzo di Giovanni.
Rev. Efficit maius quod accepit. 1744. Brera. Arm. II,
p. 19, 68 mm.
(15) Giovanni di Averardo Bicci. Rev. No inscr. Dia-
mond ring. London, 85 mm.
(16) Giovanni di Cosimo Vecchio. Rev. Si fuero et ero.
London, 86 mm.
(17) Giuliano I di Piero, brother of Lorenzo il Magni-
fico. Rev. Constantior animus et candidior. Brera. Arm. II,
p. 48, 87 mm.
(18) Giuliano II di Lorenzo, Due de Nemours. Rev.
Glovis in a triangle. Arm. Ill, 191, A, 83 mm. London,
85 mm.
(18 a) Another, Rev. Quid in viridi. London, 86 mm.
(19) Ippolito di Giuliano II. Rev. Inter omnes. London,
84 mm.
(20) Laudamia Acciaiuoli. Rev. Forma nisi in veras
non cadit ilia deas. Arm. II, 25, 6. Litta, Acciaiuoli.
Morbio 4378, 84 mm.
(21) Leo X. Rev. Suave. Yoke. London, 85 mm.
(22) Lisa Donati, wife of Chiarissimo. Rev. Hine
omne principium. London, 87 mm.
(23) Lorenzo di Giovanni, brother of Cosimo Vecchio.
Rev. Semper. Three diamond rings. Arm. II, p. 18,
note, 67 mm. Tres. de Num. II, xxxii, 1. Lacks the usual
broad rim.
(24) Lorenzo di Piero I, il Magnifico. Rev. Semper.
Ring and plumes. Mazz. I, xxx, 1. Arm. II, p. 48,
85 mm. Lanna, no. 303, 81 mm. London, 83 mm.
HU-13
(25) Lorenzo di Piero II, Duke of Urbino. Rev. Ita et
virtus. Arm. Ill, 191, b. London, 83 mm.
(26) Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco, il Popolano. Rev. Mui-
cet ut seviat. Brera. Arm. II, p. 48, 80 mm. Morbio
4377, 85 mm.
(27) Lucrezia Tornabuoni, wife of Piero di Cosimo Vec-
chio. Rev. Dulce decus. Arm. II, 25, 3. London, 85 mm.
(28) Madeleine de Boulogne, wife of Lorenzo, Duke of
Urbino. Rev. Magdalena Boloniensis, &c. Arm. II, 94, 5.
Heiss, Flor., i, Pl. xx, 6, 59 mm. This is not by Selvi,
but possibly of the sixteenth century.
(29) Madeleine de Boulogne. Rev. Amat sublimia can-
dor. London, 85 mm.
(30) Piccarda di Odoardo Bueri. Rev. Conto subigit
velasque ministrat. London, 87 mm.
(31) Piero di Cosimo Vecchio. Rev. Semper. Eagle
carrying ring. London, 85 mm.
(32) Another. Rev. Semper. Shield within diamond ring.
Private collection, 78 mm.
(33) Piero di Lorenzo il Magnifico. Rev. In viridi tene-
ras exuritflamma medullas. London, 85 mm.
(34) Pierfrancesco I. Rev. Fortior contrarii. Brera.
Arm. II, 25, 5.
(35) Salvestro di Alamanno. Rev. Ampliss. donis et
equestri ordine, &c. London, 84 mm.
(36) Semiramide Appiani, wife of Lorenzo il Popolano.
Rev. Pace mutua. Brera. Arm. II, p. 49, 80 mm.
(37) Vieri di Cambio. Rev. Opibus et probitate clarus,
&c. London, 86 mm.
OTHER RESTITUTIONS AND FORGERIES
BOCARDI (Bianca di Andrea de’).
1111. Obv. vBL’ANCADEANDREAyDEBOCARDISy
Bust 1., made from that of Bianca Riaria
(no. 1008).
Rev. FIDES CHARI tas speSy Female figure
with chalice in 1., r. hand on head of child,
looking up at sun : all made from rev. of medal
of Filiasio Roverella (no. 1061) or of Joh.
Greudner (no. 1048).
Naples, f 33 mm. Rin., no. 647.
This is a forgery, both obverse and reverse having been
made by recasting from medals of the other persons men-
tioned above.
GUALBERTO (San Giovanni).
1112. Obv. * S * IOHS * GVALBERTI * IH STITV
TOR * ordinis * vallisvm^si Bust 1., bearded,
tonsured and nimbate, wearing habit; on
truncation OBIT * MLX and in field behind XII*
Field stippled; outer pearled circle, and inner
pearled and plain circles.
Rev. S 5, IOHS j, GVABERTI * FVDAVIT M VAL
lisvbrosa 5, View of the Monastery of Val-
lombrosa, with woods behind; on foreground,
MXX; above, two oval shields. Borders as on
obverse. Field stippled.
(a) Florence, in mm. Sup., no. 651. {b) London,
f 114-5 mm.
The shield on the dexter side is: per pale, (1) a lion
rampant (to sinister), (2) a fesse (?). It must be, as Mr. Van
de Put suggests, the arms of the contemporary abbot; but
we have no list of the abbots of Vallombrosa. San Gio-
vanni was given the Buondelmonti arms. The other shield
bears a left hand holding a tall crutch surmounted by a mitre
(for Vallombrosa). The stops are not as shown above, but
one of the three legs is turned the wrong way.
The medal is obviously not earlier than the seventeenth
century; this is shown by the lettering (which seems to
have been impressed in the mould with an alphabet of
punches) and the stippling of the field, as well as by the
general style.
The one-sided medal in the Simon Collection (no. 178,
diam. 99-5 mm.), reading S«IOHS«GVALBTMNSTITV
TOR • ORDIS • VALLE, is also late; the bust on it is
a modified version of the same model as that on the piece
just described.
MACHIAVELLI (Niccolo).
1113. Obv. Bust r., tonsured, wearing pleated
gown buttoned on r. shoulder. The original
inscription has been removed and N • MACH •
FLO • incised on 1.
Rev. None.
Arm. Ill, 192, e (91 mm.).
(a) Formerly Newall, 91 mm. Purchased from Salting,
May, 1891. Perhaps the Thibaudeau specimen. (^For-
merly Thibaudeau. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Flor., i,p. 157.
Apart from the false inscription, this has no claim to be
a portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli; nor has much of the
original Florentine character of the medal survived the
treatment which it has suffered.
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