Lot 1447
Renaissance. Tomaso Rangone (1493-1577), philologist. Cast Bronze Medal, 1562. The Creation of the Milky Way, 39.5 mm, 22.4g, by Matteo Pagano. Bearded bust right, THOMAS PHILOLOGVS RAVENNAS. Rev. Jupiter, as an eagle, carries Hercules to suckle from Juno, A IOVE ET SORORE GENITA. (Attwood 236; Pollard (2007) 481; Kress 417a; Voltolina 512; Hill, Corpus, 502; Toderi-Vannel Medaglie 693; Arm II, 196, 20). Pierced through first L of PHILOLOGVS. Pleasant fine. Pleasant Fine. Estimate $350UP
From the collection of medals formed by William Victor Royle Baldwin (known as Roy or Uncle Roy), one of A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd founder's three sons, he was born in 1893.
Tommaso Rangone, born Tommaso Giannotti, called Philologus, Venetian scholar and patron of the arts. He taught philosophy and medicine at Padua. As physician to Count Guido Rangone he received the right to bear his name. In 1539 he moved to Venice, where he became a highly influential figure and a patron of Tintoretto, Sansovino and Vittoria.
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