ANTIQUE CLASSICAL BRONZE MEDAL

RARE 17TH CENTURY LATE RENAISSANCE BRONZE RELIEF/MEDAL/PLAQUE BY FAMOUS SCULPTOR MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI-BENZI (1656-1740) MADE 1684

ONE SIDE OF A PORTRAIT MEDAL OF THE ITALIAN POET/NATURALIST FRANCESCO REDI (1626-98) WHO WORKED FOR THE MEDICI FAMILY

PROBABLY ORIGINALLY CAST IN TWO PARTS, THE PORTRAIT HALF IS MISSING OR THIS WAS JUST CREATED AS A BAS RELIEF PLAQUE TO BE FRAMED ON ITS OWN OR WITH THE MATCHING PORTRAIT

THE OTHER HALF WAS SIGNED SOLDANI-BENZI 1684, THIS CAN BE SEEN IN OTHER COMPLETE EXAMPLES IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART AND THE WEISS COLLECTION, PICTURES OF THESE ON THE NET

STUNNING TOP QUALITY CLASSICAL ANTIQUE, OWN YOUR OWN PIECE OF GENUINE ORIGINAL LATE RENAISSANCE ART

SHOWS CLASSICAL THEME OF DANCERS AND MUSICIANS, BACCHUS AND SILENUS

THE WRITING 'CANEBAM' MEANS 'I HAVE SUNG'

BEAUTIFUL, DETAILED AND EXPERT MODELLING AND CASTING

9CM DIAMETER, 8.7CM WITHOUT THE 'LIP' OF THE CASTING, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED AFTER JOINING IT WITH THE OTHER PORTRAIT SIDE OF THE MEDAL

VERY NICE AGEING/PATINA TO THE BRONZE

VERY RARE 17TH CENTURY CLASSICAL ANTIQUE, IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANOTHER ONE LIKE THIS, 350 YEARS OLD, FROM ANOTHER WORLD!

IDEAL FOR COLLECTOR OR PERFECT PRESENT, COULD BE FRAMED AND MOUNTED

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