Michelangelo

CNG 87, Lot: 2168. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Firenze. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. 1475-1564. AR Medal (56mm, 79.95 g, 12h). Honoring the famous Renaissance Artist. By G. L. Hérard. Dated 1673 in Roman numerals. · M · ANGELVS · BONAROTVS · PATRITIVS · FLORENTINVS, bust right, wearing cape / FÆLICITER · IVNXIT · (he joined them all felicitously), attributes of the arts: an easel and brushes (painting), a torso (sculpture), books and a scroll (poetry), and a set square and pillar (architecture); all set on field; M · DC ·LXXIII · in exergue. Jones II 284. Good VF, toned, die break on the obverse, a few marks in the fields. Rare.