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Italie. Florence. Girolamo Savonarola, frère ...

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Medal in undated bronze (c. 1500), by Ambrogio della Robbia.Av / PORTIO MEA IN TERRA VIVENTIVM, draped and hooded bust of Savonarola. Rev / POST GLADIVM SPS DONI SVP TERRAM, view of the city of Florence threatened by the hand of God holding and spread by a dove surmounting a beam of rays. Later cast. Slight deposits of verdigris, TTB to superb. Pierced. Diameter : 49,00 mm D. 5 cm Weight 70,28 g Provenance: > Collection Étienne Victor Quenescourt (1837-1914) By descent Bibliography: Hill (corpus) 1082 - Coll. Kress lacks Consultant : Maxime Mégret-Merger