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LOT 4220
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Italy. Carlo Balestra, Architect, Painter and Sculptor AE Medal. Circa 1790.
Designs by Bernhard Perger. CAROL . PIVS . BALESTRA . CIV . ROM . BONIS . ARTIBVS., draped bust of Balestra to right; B . PERGER . F below / ACADEM . PICTOR . SCVLPTOR . ET ARCHIT . VRBIS., helmeted Minerva, seated to right, head to left, holding spear in her left hand and supporting shield in her right; shield inscribed AEQVA POTES-TAS; winged putto also supporting shield at left; palette, brushes, and bust laying at the base of the shield; B.P.F. to lower left. Eidlitz 37. 32.30gr, 46mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Munich, Germany.
FOOTNOTES:
Balestra was an Italian architect working in Rome. In his will, he funded a fine arts competition for young artists.
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