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1398. Ciro Ferri, 1680
Draped bust of Ciro Ferri, to right.
An allegory of Painting and Architecture.
By Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi. Signed on the reverse, in the exergue: M. SOLDANUS. F.
Bronze, cast. 65 mm. (2.6 inches) in diameter.
Very fine with some edge bumps; an attractive, medium-brown patina.
Sorry this item is sold.
References: Vannel-Toderi 15; Johnson 140, fig. 117; Lankheit 117; Clifford 295, bronze gilt £800.
Notes: Ciro Ferri (1634-89), painter and architect, who in 1673 prepared the design for the recently-founded Florentine Academy in Rome. Soldani-Benzi was a pupil of Ferri, and produced this medal in honour of his master, who, in 1680, as indicated on the medal, was 46 years old.
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