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1166-9* par
Equicola’s history of Mantua (1521). The historian was
born about 1460 and died in 1539, but the classicizing
portrait hardly indicates his age.
Milanesi’s note (MS., Siena) ‘Amaranthi e Amantea
patria dell’ Equicola’ I do not understand; Equicola was
born at Alvito in Campania, and the words on the reverse
describe the amaranths as symbols of undying fame.
FERREO ORSINI (Galeotto).
1166. Obv. GALEOTVS FERREVS VRS1NVS Bust
r. bearded, in plain dress.
Rev. PVER DVMQz SENEX Serpent holding
in its jaws the yard of a sail, the end of which
is held by its coiled tail.
(a) London, 45 mm., ex Rosenheim. Sale Catal., no. 210.
Burl. Mag., xii (1907), p. 149, Pl. iv, 1. [Pl. 193.]
The man has not been identified. The medal probably
dates from the period 1500-25, and seems to be North
Italian. In the way the lettering is treated it resembles
the medal of Marsilio Andreasi (Pl. 191, no. 1150). The
motto is perhaps intended for puer denique senex, the false
form dumque being suggested by the Italian dunque.
FRANCE (Louis XII, king of).
1167. Obv. LVDOV1CVS D G * REX * FRANCO
RVM (spray with two flowers). Bust 1., with
long hair, wearing cap surrounded by two inter-
laced cords and spikes of a crown; plate-armour
over figured dress (?).
Rev. r MDB t in exergue. On 1., a woman
seated three-quarters r., leaning head on hand,
beneath a withered tree; towards her runs a
semi-nude woman, pursued by another woman,
wearing cap with veil at back of head and dress
with wide sleeves, who threatens her with
dagger in upraised r.; she again is followed by
Mars on horseback, helmeted, nude, holding
torch in r., double-thonged whip in 1., and
accompanied by three collared hunting-leo-
pards; above, seated on cloud, Jupiter, holding
thunder-bolt.
Arm. II, 139, 1 (71 mm.). H. de la Tour, Rev. Num.
(1896), pp. 98-109. Hab., p. 77, Pl. liv, 2. [/ Pl. 193.]
(a) Berlin, f 69 mm. After-cast. (6) London (George III),
lead, f 71 mm. After-cast, (c) Milan (Med. Mun.),
f 69-5 mm. (<7) Another (Brera). Both poor, (e) Pa-
ris, 71 mm. H. de la Tour, loc. cit., Pl. ii. (/) Vienna,
f 70 mm. Good. Heraeus, Pl. 26, no. ii (obv. only).
(,§■) Gustave Dreyfus. La Coll. Dreyfus, p. 14, no. v.
(h) Formerly T. W. Greene, 71 mm. Hess Auct.
(1904), Pl. i, 71, ex Milani.
Italian work; H. de la Tour’s idea that the portrait is
a pastiche of that on the French medal made at Lyon in
1499 will not stand examination. Nor does there seem
to be any evidence for his theory that the reverse was
designed for another medal, from which the exergual
inscription was erased in order to substitute, in the castings
before us, the date 1513, the year of France’s misfortunes
and Massimiliano Sforza’s successes. There is no reason
to doubt that the piece was first produced in the year
which it bears. We may take it that the medal commemo-
rates these disasters to the French; it is not complimentary
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to Louis, but the reverse. The personification of the
‘furia francese’ pursues a victim, dagger in hand, while
Italy sits mourning; but the representative of France is
herself pursued by the god Mars. That god is shown to
be on the Sforza side by the hunting-leopards, according
to H. de la Tour, loc. cit., pp. 103-4. But Mr. Van de Put
observes that Louis XII also had hunting-leopards; cp.
La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, Mem. sur Vane. Chevalerie, iii
(1781), p. 291, and A. Van de Put, The Monypenny Breviary
in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., Ivi (1922), p. 101.
1168. Obv. No inscription. Bust 1., with long
hair; flat cap with medallion, front and back
edges turned up and tied over top; loose robe
tied at neck.
Rev. LVD • XII • incised.
Arm. II, 140, 7 (35 mm.). [a. Pl. 194.]
(a) Milan (Brera), 34-5 mm. Without inscription on
reverse. (6) Gustave Dreyfus, 35 mm. Arm., loc. cit.
La Coll. Dreyfus, p. 14, no. xi.
FRANCE (Francois I, king of).
Il68 bis. Obv. (rosette) FRANCIVS • R • FRANCOS •
PMVS • DOMITOR • ELVITIO2^ Bust of Francois
1., beardless, wearing helmet decorated with
crown in front, and cuirass. Moulded border.
Rev. DEO FAVENTE ET IMPERATOR1S V1R
TVTE: Trophy of arms. Border as on obv.
Arm. II, 188, 6 (50 mm.). [c. Pl. 200.]
(a) Berlin, 48-5 mm. (without moulded border). Reads
FRANCIS. RX . . . ELVETIOC^ (6) Copenhagen,
| 49 mm. (without moulded border), (c) Florence,
55 mm. Sup., no. 816. Good. Photogr. of the
Soprint. all’ Arte Med. e Mod., Florence, 18913-4.
From the same hand as the medal of Battista da Vercelli,
no. 1192, Pl. 197. Perhaps made at Milan. For the title
given to Francois, cp. no. 259; it dates the medal in or
after 1515.
1169. Obv. FRANCISCVS y FR y REX y Bust 1.,
clothed, young, with slight beard, thick smooth
hair.
Rev. None.
Arm. II, 188, 9 (48 mm.). [a. Pl. 194.]
(a) Paris, 49 mm. Tres. de Num., Med.fr., I, x, 3.
This medal suggests an Italian rather than a French
origin.
1169*. The other medals of Francois, which seem to fall
within our period, and have not already been described
(see under Pomedelli, nos. 592, 600), form a group which is
associated with Matteo dal Nassaro, who, in spite of his
origin, may be regarded as a French artist and excluded
from these pages. This group consists of («) the medal
of the battle of Marignano in 1515 (Arm. II, 187,4; H. de
la Tour in Rev. Num. (1893), pp. 540 flf.; the other medal
attributed to the same artist, Arm. II, 188, 11, is a good
deal later); (6) the one-sided medal, Tres. de Num., Med.
fr., I, x, 4 and (c) the reduction of this last, dated 1522,
Arm. II, 188, 10; Tres. de Num., Med. fr., I, viii, 6. The
latter two seem to me, in the treatment of the bust, to be
in the manner of the first.
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Equicola’s history of Mantua (1521). The historian was
born about 1460 and died in 1539, but the classicizing
portrait hardly indicates his age.
Milanesi’s note (MS., Siena) ‘Amaranthi e Amantea
patria dell’ Equicola’ I do not understand; Equicola was
born at Alvito in Campania, and the words on the reverse
describe the amaranths as symbols of undying fame.
FERREO ORSINI (Galeotto).
1166. Obv. GALEOTVS FERREVS VRS1NVS Bust
r. bearded, in plain dress.
Rev. PVER DVMQz SENEX Serpent holding
in its jaws the yard of a sail, the end of which
is held by its coiled tail.
(a) London, 45 mm., ex Rosenheim. Sale Catal., no. 210.
Burl. Mag., xii (1907), p. 149, Pl. iv, 1. [Pl. 193.]
The man has not been identified. The medal probably
dates from the period 1500-25, and seems to be North
Italian. In the way the lettering is treated it resembles
the medal of Marsilio Andreasi (Pl. 191, no. 1150). The
motto is perhaps intended for puer denique senex, the false
form dumque being suggested by the Italian dunque.
FRANCE (Louis XII, king of).
1167. Obv. LVDOV1CVS D G * REX * FRANCO
RVM (spray with two flowers). Bust 1., with
long hair, wearing cap surrounded by two inter-
laced cords and spikes of a crown; plate-armour
over figured dress (?).
Rev. r MDB t in exergue. On 1., a woman
seated three-quarters r., leaning head on hand,
beneath a withered tree; towards her runs a
semi-nude woman, pursued by another woman,
wearing cap with veil at back of head and dress
with wide sleeves, who threatens her with
dagger in upraised r.; she again is followed by
Mars on horseback, helmeted, nude, holding
torch in r., double-thonged whip in 1., and
accompanied by three collared hunting-leo-
pards; above, seated on cloud, Jupiter, holding
thunder-bolt.
Arm. II, 139, 1 (71 mm.). H. de la Tour, Rev. Num.
(1896), pp. 98-109. Hab., p. 77, Pl. liv, 2. [/ Pl. 193.]
(a) Berlin, f 69 mm. After-cast. (6) London (George III),
lead, f 71 mm. After-cast, (c) Milan (Med. Mun.),
f 69-5 mm. (<7) Another (Brera). Both poor, (e) Pa-
ris, 71 mm. H. de la Tour, loc. cit., Pl. ii. (/) Vienna,
f 70 mm. Good. Heraeus, Pl. 26, no. ii (obv. only).
(,§■) Gustave Dreyfus. La Coll. Dreyfus, p. 14, no. v.
(h) Formerly T. W. Greene, 71 mm. Hess Auct.
(1904), Pl. i, 71, ex Milani.
Italian work; H. de la Tour’s idea that the portrait is
a pastiche of that on the French medal made at Lyon in
1499 will not stand examination. Nor does there seem
to be any evidence for his theory that the reverse was
designed for another medal, from which the exergual
inscription was erased in order to substitute, in the castings
before us, the date 1513, the year of France’s misfortunes
and Massimiliano Sforza’s successes. There is no reason
to doubt that the piece was first produced in the year
which it bears. We may take it that the medal commemo-
rates these disasters to the French; it is not complimentary
[
' VII
to Louis, but the reverse. The personification of the
‘furia francese’ pursues a victim, dagger in hand, while
Italy sits mourning; but the representative of France is
herself pursued by the god Mars. That god is shown to
be on the Sforza side by the hunting-leopards, according
to H. de la Tour, loc. cit., pp. 103-4. But Mr. Van de Put
observes that Louis XII also had hunting-leopards; cp.
La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, Mem. sur Vane. Chevalerie, iii
(1781), p. 291, and A. Van de Put, The Monypenny Breviary
in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., Ivi (1922), p. 101.
1168. Obv. No inscription. Bust 1., with long
hair; flat cap with medallion, front and back
edges turned up and tied over top; loose robe
tied at neck.
Rev. LVD • XII • incised.
Arm. II, 140, 7 (35 mm.). [a. Pl. 194.]
(a) Milan (Brera), 34-5 mm. Without inscription on
reverse. (6) Gustave Dreyfus, 35 mm. Arm., loc. cit.
La Coll. Dreyfus, p. 14, no. xi.
FRANCE (Francois I, king of).
Il68 bis. Obv. (rosette) FRANCIVS • R • FRANCOS •
PMVS • DOMITOR • ELVITIO2^ Bust of Francois
1., beardless, wearing helmet decorated with
crown in front, and cuirass. Moulded border.
Rev. DEO FAVENTE ET IMPERATOR1S V1R
TVTE: Trophy of arms. Border as on obv.
Arm. II, 188, 6 (50 mm.). [c. Pl. 200.]
(a) Berlin, 48-5 mm. (without moulded border). Reads
FRANCIS. RX . . . ELVETIOC^ (6) Copenhagen,
| 49 mm. (without moulded border), (c) Florence,
55 mm. Sup., no. 816. Good. Photogr. of the
Soprint. all’ Arte Med. e Mod., Florence, 18913-4.
From the same hand as the medal of Battista da Vercelli,
no. 1192, Pl. 197. Perhaps made at Milan. For the title
given to Francois, cp. no. 259; it dates the medal in or
after 1515.
1169. Obv. FRANCISCVS y FR y REX y Bust 1.,
clothed, young, with slight beard, thick smooth
hair.
Rev. None.
Arm. II, 188, 9 (48 mm.). [a. Pl. 194.]
(a) Paris, 49 mm. Tres. de Num., Med.fr., I, x, 3.
This medal suggests an Italian rather than a French
origin.
1169*. The other medals of Francois, which seem to fall
within our period, and have not already been described
(see under Pomedelli, nos. 592, 600), form a group which is
associated with Matteo dal Nassaro, who, in spite of his
origin, may be regarded as a French artist and excluded
from these pages. This group consists of («) the medal
of the battle of Marignano in 1515 (Arm. II, 187,4; H. de
la Tour in Rev. Num. (1893), pp. 540 flf.; the other medal
attributed to the same artist, Arm. II, 188, 11, is a good
deal later); (6) the one-sided medal, Tres. de Num., Med.
fr., I, x, 4 and (c) the reduction of this last, dated 1522,
Arm. II, 188, 10; Tres. de Num., Med. fr., I, viii, 6. The
latter two seem to me, in the treatment of the bust, to be
in the manner of the first.
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