THE BERNARD KELLY COLLECTION OF PLAQUETTES (Lots 309-490)

Matthew Barton Ltd THE BERNARD KELLY COLLECTION OF PLAQUETTES TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE, PART PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Thursday 25th November 2021

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Thursday 25th November 2021 Lots 309-490 Starting at 11am

THE BERNARD KELLY COLLECTION OF PLAQUETTES TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE, PART PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Lots 309 - 490

Every so often, if increasingly rarely these days, a collection emerges onto the market that takes you back to another age. The interesting and varied collection of Renaissance and later plaquettes being offered here is therefore a major event. Although some have a more recent provenance, notably from Sylvia Phyllis Adams, whose collection was sold at Bonham’s in 1995, the nucleus of the collection on offer represents the private collection formed by the dealer Alfred Spero, mainly between 1911 and 1936. Spero began trading in London around the beginning of the twentieth century and his career, which lasted into the 1960s, bridged the late Victorian art world and the modern post-War market. Although today a largely forgotten figure, a glance at almost any marked-up catalogue of European sculpture and decorative arts sales in London from the 1920s to the 1960s will reveal Alfred Spero as one of the most active and consistent presences at the auction. Spero was able to benefit from the abundance of Renaissance small bronze sculptures, maiolica, glass and, of course, plaquettes and medals, that were then available on the market during what, for collectors and museums, must have been a golden age of opportunity. Alfred Spero’s own collection of plaquettes contained works stated to have come from some of the great collections of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Adalbert von Lanna, whose vast collections were sold in Prague in 1911, J.E. Taylor, sold at Christie’s in 1912 and the banker Henry Oppenheimer, a series of sales in 1936, again at Christie’s. There are also plaquettes formerly belonging to two supporters of great museums, Thomas Whitcombe Greene, who gave many of his plaquettes to the British Museum in 1915, and Dr W.L. Hildburgh (1876-1955), one of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s greatest benefactors. Alfred Spero also had a close relationship with the V&A, which as a museum must have been close to his heart. He made a number of gifts to the museum and also sold it various bronzes and other works of art. Purchases and gifts from Spero helped the V&A build its preeminent collection of European Baroque ivories, whilst in 1964 the museum bought from him a masterpiece of Renaissance bronze sculpture, the exquisite figure of Venus removing a thorn from her foot of c. 1560-70 by the French sculptor Ponce Jacquiot.

Small-scale, usually single-sided cast metal reliefs, plaquettes began to be made from the mid-fifteenth century and flourished in their purest form only for a limited period of around one hundred years, although they continued to be made into the seventeenth century and beyond. Their subject matter is varied, from designs after the antique to mythological and religious scenes, whilst some plaquettes are important records of designs originally made in precious metal, which have otherwise disappeared. When Alfred Spero began his professional career, plaquettes were eagerly collected and studied, but they have since become a somewhat unjustly neglected art form. At their best, plaquettes are extraordinarily inventive and beautiful works of art, which in their choice and treatment of subject matter are truly emblematic of the Renaissance rebirth of the arts.

Dr Jeremy Warren, FSA Honorary Curator of Sculpture, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Selected Bibliography

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Attwood

Philip Attwood, Italian Medals c. 1530-1600 in British Public Collections, 2 vols., London 2003

Bange

E.F. Bange, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Die italienischen Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock. II: Reliefs und Plaketten, Berlin 1922

Belli

Howard Burns, Marco Collareta and Davide Gasparotto, eds., Valerio Belli Vicentino 1468c.-1546, Vicenza 2000

Bernardi 1989

Valentino Donati, Pietre Dure e Medaglie del Rinascimento. Giovanni da Castel Bolognese, Ferrara 1989

Bernardi 2011

Valentino Donato, L’Opera del Giovanni Bernardi da Castel Bolognese nel Rinascimento, Faenza 2011

Bowdoin

Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Medals and Plaquettes from the Molinari Collection at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 1976

Jones

Mark Jones, A Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum. II. 1600-1672, London 1988

Kress

John Pope-Hennessy, Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars, London 1965

Molinier

Émile Molinier, Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes. Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols., Paris 1886

Norris/Weber

A.S. Norris and I. Weber, Medals and Plaquettes from the Molinari Collection at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1976

Planiscig

Leo Planiscig, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien: Die Estensische Kunstsammlung, I: Skulpturen und Plastiken des Mittelalters und der Reanaissance, Vienna 1919

Scaglia

Francesco Rossi, La Collezione Mario Scaglia. Placchette, 3 vols., Bergamo 2011

Toderi Vannel

Giuseppe Toderi and Fiorenza Vannel, Le Medaglie Italiane del XVI secolo, 3 vols., Florence 20004

Warren

Ashmolean Jeremy Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols., Oxford 2014

Warren Wallace

Jeremy Warren, The Wallace Collection. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture, 2 vols., London 2016

Weber

Ingrid Weber, Deutsche, Niederländische und Französische Renaissanceplaketten 1500-1650, 2 vols., Munich 1975

309 A LEAD PLAQUETTE OF CHRIST BEFORE PILATE, VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546), 16TH CENTURY trapezoidal, Christ surrounded by soldiers and disciples brought before Pilate sitting on a dais and washing his hands, signed to the side of the platform ‘VALERIVS BELLV VICETINVS FA’, a classical colonnade in the background, pierced 6.5 x 9.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

This scene is one of a series of similarly shaped Belli plaquettes of The Passion of Christ.

Bange 766; Kress 14; Belli 56

311 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546), POSSIBLY 16TH CENTURY square, St John holding his hand over Christ flanked by four disciples, God the Father and the Holy Spirit above, moulded border 6cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Cast from one of Belli’s rock crystal panels in the ‘Medici Chest’ (Pitti Palace, Florence, Uffizi Inv. Gem 1921 no. 505) Bange 749; Kress 5; Belli 33

£300-500

£200-300

310 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE LION HUNT, VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546), POSSIBLY 16TH CENTURY oval, signed VALERIUS VICENTINUS; and another in lead; together with a lead medallion, after Valerio Belli, of two female figures making a sacrifice before an altar 7 x 8cm each oval one, the other 4.5cm diameter (3) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

312 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF CHRIST TEACHING, VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546), 15TH CENTURY rectangular, the child Christ stands on an altar, within a colonnade, the Virgin and St. Joseph behind him, other figures crowd round in front, BADA and lot labels to reverse 6 x 10cm Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 24; Bonham’s, London, 10 December 1997, lot 125 Cast from one of Belli’s rock crystal panels in the ‘Medici Chest’ (Pitti Palace, Florence, Uffizi Inv. Gem 1921 no. 505)

Bronze: Kress 18; Belli 63; Bange 823

Bange 757; Kress 6; Belli 32

Lead Medallion: Bange 822; Belli 120; Molinier 329

£300-500

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313 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546), PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY the Virgin and Child seated to the right, Joseph stands behind whilst the Magi approach and one kneels, attendants hold three camels behind, a tree to the left and a classical arch, pierced 7 x 5.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 761; Belli 98

315 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE, AFTER VALERIO BELLI (1468-1546), LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, with Latin inscription NVNC DIMITTIS SERVVM TVVM DOMINE, sprue patterns on reverse 6.5 x 5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 778; Belli 99 £300-500

£300-500

314 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF CHRIST CARRYING THE CROSS, AFTER VALERIO BELLI (1468-1546), 16TH / 17TH CENTURY oval, inscribed in the exergue ‘Valerino. Vicentinus. F.’, above with Christ bowed under the cross dragged by one soldier and pushed by another, St Veronica kneeling behind holding out the sudarium with Christ’s face, with mounted and jostling figures behind, all within a reeded border 9 x 9.5cm Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 16 December 1971, lot 106 Bange 774; Kress 8; Belli 27; Warren Ashmolean 234 £400-600 4

316 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF MOSES, ATTRIBUTED TO VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546), 16TH / 17TH CENTURY oval, depicting Moses with a staff entwined with a snake, moulded rim, pierced 9 x 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Compare Bange 792, showing similar male figure with female, Aesculapius with Hygienia; Belli 82 £200-300

317 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE ENTOMBMENT, AFTER VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546) cut down rectangular, the body of Christ supported by Joseph of Arimathea at the entrance to the tomb, the kneeling virgin holds the hand of Christ, pierced 6 x 6.5cm Bange 769; Kress 10; Belli 59; Scaglia VIII.12 (variant) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

319 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS, AFTER GIOVANNI GIACOMO CARAGLIO (C.1500/1505-1565) oval, a shepherd followed by two women approach the Holy Family 6.5 x 8.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 924; Warren Ashmolean 264 £100-200

£80-120

318 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS, AFTER VALERIO BELLI (C.1468-1546), PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY square, the Holy Family to the right, the shepherds arriving from the right, all before classical buildings, moulded border 6.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Cast from one of Belli’s rock crystal panels in the ‘Medici Chest’ (Pitti Palace, Florence, Uffizi Inv. Gem 1921 no. 505)

320 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF WINGED PUTTI, CIRCLE OF CRISTOFORO DI GEREMIA (1410-1476), ROME, MID 15TH CENTURY oblong, with five putti at play, 4.5 x 8cm; together with a bronze medallion of a chariot, Northern Italian, late 15th century apparently Minerva driving her chariot straight towards us, inscribed to exergue BRVC, 5 x 5.5cm; and a fragmentary plaquette, Italian, 15th/16th century, rectangular, a frieze of putti, 2.5 x 7cm (3) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Exhibited (Winged Putti): Detroit November 18, 1958 January 4, 1959, ‘Decorative Arts of the Renaissance 14001600’, catalogue No.324

Belli 29

Winged Putti: Bange 299; Kress 361; Scaglia II.4; Warren Ashmolean 376

£100-200

Chariot: Bange 630-3; Scaglia IV.4; Warren Ashmolean 377 £300-500 The Bernard Kelly Collection of Plaquettes, sold without reserve

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321 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, SCHOOL OF JACOPO SANSOVINO (1486-1570), 16TH CENTURY circular, the Madonna supporting the Holy Child seated on her lap, His hand on her shoulder, initial F. on reverse 8cm diameter excluding remains of a suspension loop Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 941 £400-600

323 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF HERCULES AND OMPHALE, AFTER POSSIBLY NICCOLO DE’BONIS, (FLOURISHED LATE 16TH CENTURY ROME) rectangular, the figures seated in woodland, the bewitched Hercules leans longingly towards Omphale whilst three putti disport in the branches above them 8.5 x 10.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Planiscig 436; Bowdoin 407; Warren Ashmolean 262 for attribution £200-300

322 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE LAMENTATION, ROME OR EMILIA ROMAGNA, EARLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ laid on a winding sheet with Mary, the Magdalen, Joseph of Arimathea, St John, Nicodemus and Holy Women behind against trees, rocks, buildings and Calvary in the distance 10.5 x 7.5cm

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324 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF AN EMPEROR AND CONCORD, CRISTOFORO DI GEREMIA (ACTIVE 1456-1476), PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY a moulded rim and raised base line, shows a laureated emperor in profile, with a caduceus in the left hand, clasping the right hand of a female figure with a cornucopia in her arm, one centre hole in rim 7 x 6.5cm

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 1028; Kress 300; Scaglia VIII.9

Bange 611; Kress 54; Scaglia II.5; Warren Ashmolean 266

£300-500

£300-500

325 A BRONZE PORTRAIT MEDAL OF CARDINAL ALFONSO LITTA OF MILAN, GIOACCHINO FRANCESCO TRAVANI (ACTIVE 1634-1675), CIRCA 1675 set in a shaped circular double sided bronze case with acanthus border, the ovolo rim interrupted by bunches of oak leaves, one bunch with branches forming a suspension loop, the reverse with a medal of a banner ‘SEMPER RECTUS’ above a cube on a ledge, the case hinging open to reveal a dedicatory inscription on two scrolls, dated 1675, obverse signed on truncation 19 x 16.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Alfonso Michele Litta (1608-1679) was an Italian nobleman and Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan from 1652 to 1679, who raised a militia of 900 armed clerics against the 1655 invasion of the Duchy of Milan by Thomas Francis of Savoy and was known for his defence of the church’s rights against lay administrations.

For another in the same elaborate case, see the collection of Applied Arts at the Musei civici del Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Inv. No.0173. For a comparable medal for Pope Alexander VII, see the Victoria and Albert Museum, No. A.28-1977. £2000-3000

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326 A LARGE BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ECSTACY OF ST. CECILIA, AFTER RAPHAEL, ITALIAN, PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY rectangular, the patron saint of music holding a portative organ and standing before a ‘viola da braccio’, cymbals, tambourine, triangle and recorder on the ground, flanked by SS Augustine, John, Paul and the Magdalen, a choir of angels in the clouds above, labels to front of frame and reverse ‘J.E. Taylor Collection / 47’ 24 x 17cm, 35.5 x 28cm including ebonised frame with giltwood mount Provenance: Collection of John Edward Taylor (1830-1905); sold Christie, Manson & Woods, London, ‘The Renowned Collection of Works of Art, Chiefly of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Times… formed by the Late John Edward Taylor, Esq.’, 1 July 1912, lot 47 (to Ballard for 16’16”); Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

J. E. Taylor was a prolific art collector, as well as the proprietor of the Manchester Guardian, the newspaper his father had founded. He started his collection in around 1849, having returned to England after a couple of years on the continent.

Following the death of his widow, the collection was sold over several days at Christie’s for a total of £358,500. Alongside his passion for early Works of Art, Taylor loved English watercolours. “Among the collection were twenty-four works by J. M. W. Turner, and seven

by Blake. He gave more than sixty watercolours to the Victoria and Albert Museum, and to the British Museum a complete set of Turner’s Liber Studiorum.”

(Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004) Rather than following the widely disseminated print by Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1470/82 - c.

1534), which differs in several respects, the present composition closely follows Raphael’s altarpiece, commissioned for a chapel dedicated to St. Cecilia in the Augustinian church of San Giovanni in Monte in Bologna, completed around 1516/17. £2000-3000

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327 A LEAD PLAQUETTE OF THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS, AFTER GIOVANNI BERNARDI (1496-1553) oval, figures battling before a classical façade, inscribed to exergue IOANNES DE BERNARDI, three holes at top 10 x 11.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 872; Bernardi 1989 p. 116 £200-300

329 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE TRIUMPH OF GALATEA, AFTER GIOVANNI BERNARDI (1496-1553) oval, the central figure, often described as Amphitrite, flanked by tritons and sirens, moulded rim, pierced, 5.5 x 4.5cm; together with a bronze plaquette of The Drunkeness of Silenus, probably 19th century, oval, after a gem, 4 x 5.5cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Galatea: Bange 874; Kress 39; Bernardi 1989, p. 236; Scaglia VIII.26; Warren Ashmolean 253; British Museum No. 1915,1216.75 ascribed to Belli

328 A DOUBLESIDED BRONZE PLAQUETTE, ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI BERNARDI (14941553) oval, the front with a profile bust to dexter of Ludovico Ariosto flanked by raised initials LA, the reverse with the Fall of Phaeton who with his chariot tumbles from the sky 9 x 6.5cm

£300-500 330 A LARGE BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE FALL OF THE GIANTS, AFTER GUGLIELMO DELLA PORTA (ACTIVE MID 16TH CENTURY), 19TH CENTURY oval, Jupiter and the other gods in the clouds above, with the mangled bodies of the giants crushed by rocks below 13 x 24cm Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, part lot 104 Planiscig 396; Bange 8 £300-500

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

The portrait is apparently based on the frontispiece of the 1523 edition of Ariosto’s ‘Orlando Furioso’.

Bernardi 2011, p.67; for reverse, Fall of Phaeton: Bange 880; Kress 32 £500-800

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331 A SMALL DOUBLE SIDED BRONZE MEDALLION, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY canted rectangular and with suspension loop, cast with Biblical scenes and inscribed ROMA to exergue, moulded rim, 5 x 3cm; together with an arched bronze plaquette cast with a classical female figure, 6 x 3.5cm; and a small silver plaquette, recessed relief roundel of an Evangelist with an angel, 4.5cm diameter (3) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £400-600 332 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE DEPICTING HORATIUS COCLES DEFENDING THE BRIDGE, MASTER IO.F.F., PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY shield shaped, for insertion in a sword-hilt, moulded rim 6cm

333 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF AN ALLEGORY OF FIDELITY, ATTRIBUTED TO MASTER IO.F.F., CIRCA 1500 double sided circular, a reclining naked youth attacked by three lions beneath a celestial sphere with scroll inscribed AM AND 10, margin inscription ET.SI.CORPUS.NON.FIDES. MACULABITUR, the reverse a frieze of tritons and nereids around the monogram MARC (hidden by collector’s label), pierced 6cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress 112 (the only other copy known with both sides on one plaquette); Bange 528; Warren Ashmolean 394 £500-800

Provenance: Collection Baron de Cosson; Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 19671969.

Exhibited: The Detroit Institute of Arts, ‘Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance’ (November 1955 to January 1956, Exhibition Catalogue No.336) Jeremy Warren in both the Ashmolean and the Wallace collection catalogues discusses why Master IO.F.F. may be the Bolognese goldsmith Giovanni Francesco Furnio, whose skills were celebrated in an enconium written by the humanist Giovanni Filateo Achillini (see Wallace collection catalogue, pp.168-79).

Bange 660; Kress 100; Scaglia VI.16; Warren Ashmolean 283; Warren Wallace 44 £800-1200

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334 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE, ATTRIBUTED TO MASTER IO.F.F., PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY circular, a frieze of Tritons and Nereids and equestrian figure roundel, 5.5cm; together with a bronze plaquette of The Crowning of Apollo, 18th century, oblong, in integral rococo cartouche frame, 7 x 8.5cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Master IO.F.F.: Bange 725; Kress 113 (without central rider) £300-500

335 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS, MASTER IO.F.F., PROBABLY SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY circular, Paris seated to the left facing the three goddesses, moulded rim, not signed to exergue, pierced twice 5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 652; Kress 98-99; Scaglia VI.11; Warren Ashmolean 278-80; Warren Wallace 41-43 £200-300 336 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF ARIADNE ON NAXOS, MASTER IO.F.F., PROBABLY SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY circular, seated Ariadne flanked by Bacchic revellers and a satyr 5cm diameter

338 A SHIELD SHAPED BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF MUCIUS SCAEVOLA, MASTER IO.F.F., PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY for insertion in a sword-hilt, shield shaped, Mucius Scaevola puts his hands in a brazier before a temple, watched by figures, two carrying standards, plain moulded rim, pierced 5.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Exhibited at The Detroit Institute of Arts (Nov. 1958 to January 1959) exhibition “Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance” Cat No. 336

Provenance: Baron Adalbert von Lanna (1836-1909); Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 658; Kress 101; Scaglia VI.8; Warren Wallace 45 £800-1200

Bange 648; Kress 97; Scaglia VI.7; Warren Ashmolean 277; Warren Wallace 42 £400-600 337 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS, MASTER IO.F.F., 16TH CENTURY circular, Paris seated to the left facing the three goddesses, moulded rim, inscribed to exergue IO.F.F. 5.5cm diameter

339 A LEAD PLAQUETTE OF MUCIUS SCAEVOLA, AFTER MASTER IO.F.F. shield shaped, Mucius Scaevola puts his hands in a brazier before a temple, watched by figures, two carrying standards, exergue inscribed IO.F.F., plain moulded rim, pierced 6cm

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 652; Kress 98-99; Scaglia VI.11; Warren Ashmolean 278-80; Warren Wallace 41-43 £600-800

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 658; Kress 101; Scaglia VI.8; Warren Wallace 45 £200-300

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340 A SMALL BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ALLEGORY OF PRUDENCE, AFTER MASTER IO.F.F., ITALIAN, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY on the right a fully clothed woman is seated on a dragon, behind her is a female figure with a disc on a pole, in the centre a youth holds a palm in his right hand, behind is a youth carrying a decapitated male head 5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 656; Kress 107; Scaglia VI.13; Warren Ashmolean 281; Warren Wallace 43 £100-200

341 A BRONZE SILHOUETTE PLAQUE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, AFTER DONATELLO, FLORENCE OR PADUA, MID 15TH CENTURY half-length Madonna with her head in profile to sinister 7 x 5cm Provenance: Baron Adalbert von Lanna (1836-1909); Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 345; Kress 59; Scaglia II.1; Warren Ashmolean 271 £300-500 12

342 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE HOLY FAMILY, GIOVANNI ANTONIO MORO (ACTIVE 1610-1624, D. 1625), EARLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, in high relief, the seated Virgin supporting the Holy Child standing in her lap flanked by St Joseph and SS Anthony of Padua, Francis, George and the infant John holding a lamb to the right, a tree and two winged cherubs above 17.5 x 13.5cm Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 166 Although this model in the past was attributed to the Florentine sculptor Francesco Fanelli, two almost identical plaques monogrammed GAM have led to the reattribution to the Milanese medallist Giacomo Antonio Moro, see Christie’s, London, 9 December 1980, lot 170 and 13 April 1980, lot 101 £1500-2500

343 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, AFTER DONATELLO (C.1386- 1466), FLORENCE OR PADUA, PROBABLY LATE 15TH CENTURY rectangular, the half-length Madonna, her head in profile, gazing on the Holy Child she holds in relief against a black lacquered ground, with step moulded rim 9 x 7cm Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 2 December 1969, lot 96 Bange 345; Kress 59; Scaglia II.1; Warren Ashmolean 271 £800-1200 344 A BRONZE PLAQUE, ITALIAN, PROBABLY LATE 15TH CENTURY a young mourner cut from a funeral monument, the youth shown kneeling with bare head and long hair 10 x 6cm Provenance: Collection of Robert von Hirsch (18831977); sold Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, ‘The Robert von Hirsch Collection’ Vol.II 22 June 1978, lot 371, where noted the similar treatment of a marble profile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, No. 7626-1861, attributed to the workshop of Matteo Civitali (14361501); bought at the sale by Cyril Humphris and given by him to Bernard Kelly. £1000-1500

345 AN ITALIAN BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, AFTER DONATELLO (C.1386- 1466), PADUA OR FLORENCE, MID 15TH CENTURY rectangular excepting a palmette and scroll surmount topped by a suspension loop, the Virgin, half-length, her head turned to the right, holding the Child by his back and legs, a parapet to the front and flanked by a triform and putto torchère either side 12.5 x 8.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 345; Kress 59; Scaglia II.1; Warren Ashmolean 270, 271 £800-1200 346 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF LIVY, PADUA, 16TH CENTURY circular, profile bust to dextra, in relief, inscribed TITUS LIVIUS PADUA, pierced 4.5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Note the gaunt features, hooked nose and heavy stubble also found on Agostino Zoppo’s bust of Livy in the National Museum in Warsaw.

Toderi Vannel 1022 £200-300

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347 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ENTOMBMENT, ANDREA BRIOSCO CALLED IL RICCIO (CIRCA 1470-1532), PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, the central figures of St. John the Evangelist, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, lower the body of Christ into the angled sarcophagus, the Magdalen seated to the left, whilst to the right the fainting Virgin is supported, other figures crowd around 12 x 16.5cm Provenance: Collection Sir Thomas Barlow; Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired

by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

To compare this plaquette to a version with an inscription on the sarcophagus, see the example held by the Victoria and Albert Museum (No.6979-1860). It has been posited that the inscribed version is an earlier design, its popularity as an object of veneration leading to a second representation. This differs only slightly in detail, still exhibiting the dramatic anguish of the scene. The composition is probably taken from the monumental bronze candlestick Riccio made for the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua.

Kress 207; Bange 358; Scaglia VII. 15 £5000-7000

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348 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE HOLY FAMILY, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY after a 16th century Florentine model, the Virgin holds the Child on her arm, on the left St. Joseph helps to support the Holy Child 10.5 x 9.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 336; Kress 288; Scaglia II.16-17; Warren Ashmolean 408

350 A BRONZE MEDALLION OF ABUNDANCE AND A SATYR, PSEUDO FRA ANTONIO DA BRESCIA, 16TH CENTURY the reclining naked Abundance holding a cornucopia and raising her right hand as an ithyphallic satyr approaches blowing a cornett, buildings and a hill in the background, filled piercing 6cm diameter Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 17 November 1970, part lot 55 Kress 189; Bange 644; Scaglia III.19; Warren Ashmolean 334 £800-1200

£100-200

349 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF CUPID SLEEPING, PSEUDO FRA ANTONIO DA BRESCIA (ACTIVE 1487-1514) circular, pierced and with suspension ring; together with another after Pseudo Fra Antonio da Brescia, circular, of a Bacchante and fawns, pierced to top, with corded rim (2) 7cm and 5.5cm respectively

351 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF VULCAN FORGING THE ARMS OF AENEAS, PROBABLY PADUA, EARLY 16TH CENTURY circular relief of winged Venus holding a shield flanked by Aeneas with a trophy on his shoulder and Vulcan at the anvil 6cm diameter

Provenance (cupid): Dr Hildburgh Collection; Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Cupid: Molinier 122; Bange 643 & 645; Kress 188 & 189; Scaglia III.17 & 18; Warren Ashmolean 335 & 336

Bange 315; Kress 329; Scaglia III.12; British Museum No. 1915,1216.284

£400-600

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352 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH SIXTEEN ANGELS, PROBABLY PADUA, LATE 15TH CENTURY rectangular, the Virgin and Child standing before a garlanded balustrade, a garlanded throne behind, surrounded by the angels, pierced to corners 9.5 x 7.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 568; Kress 303; Scaglia VI.3 Warren Ashmolean 382; Warren Wallace 46 £500-800

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354 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, PROBABLY PADUA, LATE 15TH CENTURY made as a book cover, the Madonna and Child flanked by two standing angels and five seraphim above, surrounded by a scroll foliate border with reeded rims and bosses to the corners, pierced 7.5 x 5.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 517; Kress 314-15; Warren Ashmolean 380; Warren Wallace 52 £200-300

353 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF JUDITH WITH THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES, NORTH ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY circular, deep relief half-length woman looking away from the head she holds in one hand, a sword in her other hand, plain ground 5.5cm diameter

355 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF AN ALLEGORICAL SCENE WITH A PUTTO, AFTER ANDREA BRIOSCO CALLED IL RICCIO (CIRCA 1470-1532) circular, a putto with his foot on a prostrate satyr and watering a tree, a large ewer to his side 4.5cm diameter

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress 322; Scaglia X.7

Bange 392, 393; Kress 224,225; Scaglia VII.6

£400-600

£200-300

356 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE, ATTRIBUTED TO PAOLO (15721635) AND FRANCESCO (1573-1610) DE LEVIS, 17TH CENTURY of God the Father holding the cross, in an integral frame cast with scrolls and cherub heads, pierced 9 x 8cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Scaglia IX.15; Charles Avery, ‘Joseph De Levis and Company, Renaissance Bronze Founders in Verona’, London, 2016, No. 62 £200-300 357 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST AND OF THE TWO THIEVES, GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Mary Magdalen clutching the foot of the cross before the swooning Virgin and grieving St John surrounded by armed figures 11 x 7.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 454; Kress 147; Scaglia V.12; Warren Ashmolean 298, 299; Warren Wallace 32

358 A LEAD PLAQUETTE OF THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST AND THE TWO THIEVES, GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), POSSIBLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Mary Magdalen clutching the foot of the cross before the swooning Virgin and grieving St John surrounded by armed figures, integral moulded frame, pierced, casting hole to centre 14 x 10.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 454; Kress 147; Scaglia V.12; Warren Ashmolean 298, 299; Warren Wallace 32 £500-800

£700-1000

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359 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF HERCULES AND ANTAEUS, MASTER OF THE LABOURS OF HERCULES (FOLLOWER OF MODERNO), ITALIAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Hercules seen from the back lifts Antaeus in a crushing bear hug, the Nemean lion skin and a bow and quiver hang from a tree stump to the side, collector’s stamp B.M. for Baron de Monville, in a later gilt-bronze frame 10.5 x 7.5cm, 12 x 9 frame excluding suspension ring Provenance: Baron Hippolyte Boissel de Monville (1794-1863); his sale ‘la precieuse collection de bronzes italiens de M. B. de M***’, Drouot, Paris, expert Roussel, 24 January 1861, lot 70 (for 62 Francs to ‘van Cuyck’); Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 480; Kress 180; Scaglia IV.21; Warren Ashmolean 328; Victoria & Albert Museum No. A.441-1910 £2000-3000

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362 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF DAVID AND GOLIATH, GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (14671528) cut down in irregular pear-shaped form, the naked hero holding the sling stands leaning on the side of a plinth, the headless giant lying behind him which another figure tries to turn over, the giant’s head at his foot 5.5 x 5cm

360 A BRONZE-GILT PAX OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH ST JOSEPH, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), POSSIBLY 16TH CENTURY shaped, Mary holding the Holy Infant, Joseph behind her left shoulder, integral foliate Renaissance frame with God the Father and a seraph in the pediment, damaged scroll strut to reverse 11.5 x 7cm

Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 36 Bange 438; Kress 141; Scaglia V.16-17; Warren Ashmolean 296 £500-800

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 447-48; Scaglia V.34, V.44; Warren Ashmolean 30506; The Metropolitan Museum, New York, No. 08.189.2; Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, No. 2015.2 £400-600 361 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF THE ENTOMBMENT, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), 16TH CENTURY rectangular, the dead Christ supported by the Virgin and an angel under his arm and St John to the other side 8 x 6cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 455; Kress 153; Scaglia V.14, V.39; Warren Ashmolean 304; Victoria & Albert Museum No. 7483-1861 £700-900 The Bernard Kelly Collection of Plaquettes, sold without reserve 19

363 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), 15TH CENTURY shaped, with SS Anthony the Abbot and Jerome, She seated, the Child on her left knee, within an arched niche, columns to either side, a cherub seated at the base of each and the Saints standing outside, a scene of the Resurrection above, within an arch supported by cherubs, traces of a partial legend impressed on the reverse, S.A. / HOC HOPV[S] MO/ DE[RNI], pierced at top and bottom 11 x 6.5cm, Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 38 Bange 443; Kress 133; Scaglia V.13; Warren Wallace 33,34; Toderi Vannel p.155-6 £1500-2500

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366 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF HERCULES AND THE NEMEAN LION, WORKSHOP OF GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Hercules wrestles the lion off the ground, to the left a rocky cave, to the right a tree, his bow and quiver resting against it, within a double framed border 5.5 x 6.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 516; Kress 184; Scaglia V.33; Warren Ashmolean 319 364 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), POSSIBLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, the Virgin seated to right, within a stable, the Child on her right knee, St. Joseph stands behind with a child and small dog, to the left the three Kings, one holding horse, and others, with one kneeling, whilst the retinue of the Magi stretch across the rocky background, pierced 10 x 6.5cm

£300-500

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress 144; Bange 514; Scaglia V.8 £400-600 365 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF MARS AND VICTORY, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (14671528), 16TH CENTURY rectangular, female nude winged Victory running beside helmeted Mars holding a banner 7 x 5.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 465-66; Kress 158-59; Scaglia V.19; Warren Ashmolean 320 £600-900 The Bernard Kelly Collection of Plaquettes, sold without reserve 21

367 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE, GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY Christ seated on a decorated altar, to the right stands the Virgin with two attendants and to the left is Simeon accompanied by two bearded men 11 x 7.5cm, 21 x 17.5cm including ebonised and gilt wood frame Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 452; Kress 145-46; Scaglia V.9; Warren Ashmolean 300; Warren Wallace 31 £800-1200

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368 A BRONZE MEDALLION OF DAVID TRIUMPHANT OVER GOLIATH, WORKSHOP OF GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY the naked hero holding the sling stands leaning on a plinth surmounted by a classical warrior, the headless giant lying behind him which another figure tries to turn over, the giant’s head at his foot, reeded rim, pierced 10.5cm diameter Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1969, lot 7

370 A DOUBLE-SIDED BRONZE PLAQUETTE, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) square, Mars and Victory on obverse, Scipio Africanus on reverse, pierced 7 x 5.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress 159 & 262. Mars and Victory: Bange 465-66; Kress 158-59; Scaglia V.19; Warren Ashmolean 320. Scipio Africanus: Bange 70; Kress 262 £200-300

This circular plaquette is a rarer variant of the rectangular design by Moderno.

Kress 141; Scaglia V.41; Rectangular design: Bange 438; Scaglia V.16; Warren Ashmolean 296 £1000-1500

369 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF ORPHEUS REDEEMING EURYDICE, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) circular, showing Orpheus standing before the gates of Hades holding his viol with Eurydice to the right, being led forwards by a winged demon, pierced 10.5cm diameter This medallion forms one of a series of four reliefs showing the life of Orpheus.

Provenance: Sotheby, 30 June 1969, lot 8 Bange 472; Kress 172; Scaglia V.42 £600-800

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371 A COPPER ELECTROTYPE PLAQUETTE OF THE FLAGELLATION, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), PROBABLY VIENNA, 19TH CENTURY rectangular, bronzed patinated, lead backed, Christ tied to the central column, inscribed O.P. MODERNI 14 x 10.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 453; Kress 134; Scaglia V.37; Warren Ashmolean 303 £100-200

372 A PAX OF THE ENTOMBMENT, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) rectangular, the dead Christ supported by the Virgin and St John, integral Renaissance frame with surmount and simple scroll strut to reverse 12 x 7.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 455; Kress 153; Scaglia V.14, V.39; Warren Ashmolean 304 £300-500

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373 A BRONZE PAX OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) shaped, with SS Anthony the Abbot and Jerome, She seated, the Child on her left knee, within an arched niche, columns to either side, a cherub seated at the base of each and the Saints standing outside, a scene of the Resurrection above, within an arch supported by cherubs 10 x 6cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 19671969.

Bange 443; Kress 133; Scaglia V.13; Warren Wallace 33,34 £200-300

374 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE FLAGELLATION, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (14671528), PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ dramatically tied to the central column, thin raised rim 13.5 x 10cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 453; Kress 134; Scaglia V.37; Warren Ashmolean 303 £300-500 375 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF CACUS STEALING THE OXEN OF HERCULES, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) rectangular, Hercules asleep while behind Cacus pulls the tail of an ox back to the cave-mouth 7 x 5cm

376 A BRONZE PAX OF THE ENTOMBMENT, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) rectangular, Christ supported on the edge of a richly decorated sarcophagus by Mary Magdalen, the Virgin, a holy woman, St John and Joseph of Arimathea, integral Renaissance arched frame, detached scroll strut to reverse 15.5 x 10cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 457; Kress 148,149; Scaglia V.43 £200-300

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 482; Kress 135; Scaglia V.24-25; Warren Ashmolean 308-10 £200-300

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377 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ENTOMBMENT, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) rectangular, the dead Christ supported by the Virgin and an angel under his arm and St John to the other side, integral frame with formal leaf border 9.5 x 8cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 455; Kress 153; Scaglia V.14, V.39; Warren Ashmolean 304 £500-800 378 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE RESURRECTION, NORTH ITALIAN, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), 16TH CENTURY rectangular, the Risen Christ with banner above the angled sarcophagus and four soldiers, the cave entrance to the sepulchre to back left 10 x 6.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 458; Kress 151; Scaglia V.11; Warren Ashmolean 302 £500-800 379 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ENTOMBMENT, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528) rectangular, the body of Christ, held by the Virgin and St. John, his feet held

by Nicodemus, lowered into the sarcophagus, decorated with reliefs, other figures including Mary Magdalen wailing being, in the distance the walls of Jerusalem and Golgotha 9.5 x 6cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

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380 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), PROBABLY MID 16TH CENTURY rectangular, figures enthroned with two standing angels on a shallow ledge 6.5 x 5.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 444-45; Kress 143; Scaglia, V.4-5; Warren Wallace 35 £500-800

381 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF A BATTLE SCENE, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (14671528), PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY circular, a horseman and riderless horse above a dead horse between to soldiers below the inscription DUBIA FORTUNA, reeded borders, pierced, 6cm diameter; together with a white metal oval plaquette of the Adoration, after Giovanni Giacomo Caraglio (c.1500/1505-1565), probably 19th century, oval, 7 x 8cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

382 A BRONZE RELIEF PLAQUETTE OF THE ENTOMBMENT, AFTER GALEAZZO MONDELLA, KNOWN AS MODERNO (1467-1528), 18TH / 19TH CENTURY rectangular, the body of Christ, held by the Virgin and St. John, his feet held by Nicodemus, lowered into the sarcophagus, decorated with reliefs, other figures including Mary Magdalen wailing being, in the distance the walls of Jerusalem and Golgotha, moulded border and scroll surmount with suspension ring 13 x 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 456; Kress 150; Warren Ashmolean 301; Scaglia V.10 £500-800

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383 A BRONZE SILHOUETTE PLAQUE OF GOD THE FATHER, VENICE, CIRCA 1500 from a crucifix, in deep relief, seated, one hand raised in benediction, the other holding a globe, pierced twice to sides 9.5 x 5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired

by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Scaglia III.8; Warren Ashmolean 9 for its use on a cross £500-700 384 A SMALL BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE INCREDULITY OF ST. THOMAS, VENICE, LATE 15TH CENTURY circular, the saint examining Christ’s wound and holding banner of the Resurrection, inscribed ET. CREDIDERM BEATI. Q. NO. VIDER, pierced at top and bottom, remnants of a strap to reverse 4.5 diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired

by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 583; British Museum No. 1915,1216.232 £200-300 385 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, 19TH CENTURY after a 16th century Venetian model, oval, flanked by two angels and two further supporting a crown, pierced 14.5 x 11cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired

by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300

386 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE WITH OVAL INSET OF A MAENAD, AFTER THE MASTER OF THE MARTELLI MIRROR (LATE 15TH CENTURY), 19TH CENTURY rectangular, half-length figure in a moulded frame 12 x 9.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 294; Kress 116; Warren Ashmolean 290, 291 £100-200 387 (illustrated opposite) A BRONZE PAX, ITALIAN, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY cast with Christ as Salvator Mundi below a seraph within integral arched frame of flanking columns, with three finials, bronze with gold lacquer 16 x 10.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £300-500

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388 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE COMMEMORATING LIPPA ARIOSTI, ITALIAN, POSSIBLY 16TH CENTURY oval, profile bust to sinister of a young woman, with inscription LIPA ARIO STA, reverse (rubbed) of four figures, inscribed in border DIGNIOR DICANDA. 7 x 6cm; together with a bronze plaquette of Macchiavelli, probably 19th century, circular, bust, ‘Nicolaus Macchiavellius’ inscribed on border, the reverse relief of a serpent rising from bushes, 7cm diameter (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Lippa Ariosti: see The Metropolitan Museum, New York, No. 1986.319.66. Lippa (or Filippa) Ariosti (d.1347), a Bolognese noblewoman, was the mistress (and later wife) of Obizzo III d’Este, Marquis of Ferrara. £400-600 389 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON, PROBABLY ITALIAN LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY oval, the king throned on a dais pointing to the soldier holding the baby by its leg in one hand, a sabre in the other flanked by various figures in a colonnaded setting, plain moulded rim 8 x 10cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300

390 A BRONZE MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, VENICE, DATED 1631 struck with the Piazetta and the Annunciation framed by the motto ‘UNDE ORIGO INDE SALUS’, the reverse with the bareheaded doge Nicolò Contarini, his ‘corno ducale’ before him, kneeling and pointing to the church behind and inscribed ‘NICOLA CONTAR. PRINC. SENATUS EXVOTO MDCXXXI’, moulded rim, pierced 5cm diameter Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 16 March 1973, part lot 59 £100-200 387

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391 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE LAMENTATION, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ laid on the ground surrounded by the mourners, Calvary above, below two angels supporting a Cardinal’s shield, reeded border, pierced 9 x 8cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 647 £400-600

393 A PAX OF THE LAMENTATION, NORTH ITALIAN, CIRCA 1500 shaped, Mary with Jesus laid across her flanked by Joseph and Mary Magdalen, integral Renaissance frame with shell surmount and a Cardinal’s arms to base, scroll strut to reverse 12 x 8cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 718 392 A GILT BRASS DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 16TH CENTURY circular, the saint standing on a plinth beside a cherub proffering a flower, inscribed SAN GIOSAFAT B.S.G., corded border 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300 30

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395 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF CHRIST APPEARING TO THE APOSTLES, ITALIAN, MID 16TH CENTURY arched rectangular, Christ flanked by ten apostles beneath a triumphal arch inscribed “PAX VOBIS” 10.5 x 6.5cm Kress 391, who notes the plaquette was evidently intended for use in a Pax. £300-500

394 A RECTANGULAR BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE PERSONIFICATION OF TIME, ITALIAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY rectangular, pierced and adapted to make a door, the winged old man holding scales over a plinth and an hourglass, to the right an arch 18 x 10cm Provenance: Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), Florence (No.929 according to red painted inventory number to reverse); Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 154 £800-1200

396 A NORTH ITALIAN BRONZE PAX OF CHRISTUS DOLENS, PADUA OR VENICE, EARLY 16TH CENTURY shaped, Christ as the Man of Sorrows halflength in his tomb, his crossed hands on its edge, his shroud as a back-cloth, integral foliate arched classical frame, damaged scroll strut to reverse 11.5 x 6.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 720-22; Scaglia III. 9-10 £200-300

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397 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER, ITALIAN, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ with his left hand on John’s sleeping back flanked by the other apostles, pierced to corners 6 x 12cm

399 A LEAD MEDALLION OF EMPEROR VESPASIAN, ITALIAN, PROBABLY LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY oval, relief profile to dexter, inscribed VESPAS .AVG 9.5 x 7cm

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

£400-600

Planiscig 328-38 (series); Warren Ashmolean 387 £200-300

398 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THREE SEATED FEMALE ALLEGORICAL FIGURES, NORTH ITALIAN, PROBABLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, seated on cushions on a curved banquette 4.5 x 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300

400 A BRONZE-GILT MOUNT, ITALIAN, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY quatrefoil, openworked with a bust of St Catherine in a roundel surrounded by the foliate foils with shells between 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300

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403 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY shield shaped, cast in deep relief with the head of a bearded man wearing a crown 5.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £100-200

404 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, ITALIAN, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY in deep relief, rectangular, the Virgin supporting the Holy Child standing on a ledge, St John with a lamb to their side, a curtain hung up above 12 x 8cm

401 A BRONZE PAX OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, ITALIAN, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY enthroned and crowned by two angels, the moulded rectangular frame with the cresting of a Cardinal’s arms, iron strut to reverse 16.5 x 10.5cm

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £600-800

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £500-800

402 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE, ITALIAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY oval, with half-length facing profiles of a Brigittine and a visiting monk with the dove of the Holy Spirit between them, on reverse a wreath bordered Latin inscription, translating as: ‘1619 Month May D. Blasius Bagnuascento of the Order of the Holy Saviour, D. Marian Bon Bonon, (visitor), have placed a foundation stone, and dedicated it to the Holy Spirit’ 11 x 13.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £500-800

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405 A SMALL SILVER PLAQUETTE, PROBABLY ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY oval, of two classical female nude figures flanking a child, 4 x 3cm; together with a small bronze oval plaquette with St. Catherine with an angel ascending into heaven, ERNST MUZEUM AUKCIOI label to reverse (auctions organised by Lajos Ernst, Budapest, 1920s), 4.5 x 3.5cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

407 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF A LION ATTACKING A HORSE, ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY oval, the lion’s mouth tearing at the back of the horse he has brought down 9 x 12cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £400-600

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406 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE, ITALIAN, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, depicting St. Francis kneeling before the Virgin and Child 9 x 6.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300 34

408 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD, ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY rectangular, with internal silhouette above a shepherd, the Virgin Mary, oxen and St Joseph gazing on the Holy Infant, flanking farm buildings, an angel with banner announcing the birth above, lacquered gilt surface and protruding pins to reverse 13.5 x 10.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £300-500

409 TWO ITALIAN BRONZE PLAQUETTES OF THE SEASONS, PROBABLY ROME, LATE 17TH CENTURY rectangular, one depicting two draped females as Autumn and Winter, Autumn with cornucopia of fruits, and Winter holding flame, the other plaque of two draped figures depicting Spring and Summer, Spring offering flowers to Summer, who also holds ears of corn both 10 x 9cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress 452-53; Weber 736-37; Warren Ashmolean 423-24 £1000-1500

410 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE DEPOSITION, AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA SCULTORI (1503-1575), 16TH / 17TH CENTURY arched rectangular, figures at the base of the cross, with the ladder leaning on it 11.5 x 7.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 971; Scaglia IX.20; Warren Ashmolean 348 £200-300

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411 TWO BRONZE PLAQUETTES, ITALIAN, 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY one oval of Scipio Africanus, the other circular of a woman (2) 7 x 6cm, the other 7.5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Scipio Africanus: Bange 70; Kress 262 £200-300 412 A SMALL BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF A ROMAN EMPEROR, ITALIAN, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY oval, profile bust to sinister, later inscribed on reverse COTTA REX Subalpin Ligur (mistakenly for Marcus Aurelius) 5 x 3.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £100-200 413 A SET OF SIX PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF THE WIVES OF ROMAN EMPERORS, PROBABLY ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE oval, each with a border inscribed: ‘CAESONIA CAESAR CALIGULAE UXOR’, ‘LEPIDASER GII GALBAE UXOR’, ‘POMPEIA JULII CAES UXOR’, FLAVIA DOMICILLA VESPASIANI UXOR’, ‘ALBIA TERENTIA OTHONIS MATER’, ‘AGRIPPINA TIBERII UXOR’ 11.5 x 9.5cm approximately Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

A series with the emperors is confirmed by a near complete set in the Musei Civici in Brescia (Francesco Rossi, ‘Musei Civici di Brescia. Placchette Sec. XV-XIX’, Vicenza, 1974, Nos.166-85, and with a full discussion by Rossi).

Planiscig 413-16 £500-800

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414 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST IN THE DESERT, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY oval, seated on a rock beside trees, the lamb, book and reed cross at his feet,10 x 7cm; together with a bronze plaquette of St Peter, probably late 18th century, deep relief profile bust to sinister,13 x 11cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-400

416 A GILT-METAL ROUNDEL OF THE VIRGIN ENTHRONED, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY perhaps a gilt copper electrotype of a 17th century Dutch or German panel, beaded rim, double skinned, 9cm diameter; together with a cast bronze medallion of the Virgin and child inscribed, 6.5cm diameter; and a bronze deep relief portrait medallion of a Bishop Saint, possibly Carlo Borromeo, 6.5 x 5.5cm (3) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £100-200 417 AN ITALIAN BRONZE CASKET PANEL, AFTER A LATE 15TH CENTURY ROME OR MANTUA PANEL rectangular, depicting Medusa’s head, surrounded by a wreath flanked by winged putti, reeded border 8 x 17.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress 491, illustration shows a larger lid with an ornamented band around the central design; Warren Ashmolean 15; Warren Wallace 24 £600-900

415 A BRONZE MOUNT WITH THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON, 16TH CENTURY STYLE, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY trapezoidal, in high relief 12.5 x 11cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £80-120

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418 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE TRIUMPH OF FLORA, PERHAPS NETHERLANDISH 17TH CENTURY oval, the figures celebrating in a flowered glade, within wriggle and ovolo borders; together with a bronze plaquette of Venus with cupids in a landscape, 18th century, oval both 7 x 9cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £300-500

419 A LEAD MEDALLION OF HENRI IV AND MARIE DE MEDICI, AFTER GUILLAUME DUPRE (1597-1647) Henri IV as Mars in Roman armour holding a staff, Marie de Medici as Minerva, the couple holding hands above the Dauphin clasping his father’s helmet, an eagle holding a crown above flanked by the legend ‘PROPAGO / IMPERIUM’ (the Imperial Line) 19cm diameter excluding integral suspension loop Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

For an example cast in bronze and further discussion of Dupré’s 1605 variant medal, see the British Museum No. 1981,1210.1 Mazerolle No. 639; Jones 19 £300-500

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420 A PAIR OF BRONZE ROUNDELS, FRENCH OR SOUTH GERMAN, 17TH CENTURY of classical figures in wooded landscapes, one of Apollo and the Sibyl, the other of a bearded man about to sacrifice two cows, three women coming towards him, possibly Anacreon sacrificing to the Three Graces 21cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £800-1200 421 A LEAD TONDO OF HENRI IV, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY in deep relief, profile bust to dexter, laurel wreath to hair 16cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £300-500 422 A LEAD PLAQUETTE OF MINERVA, FRENCH, MID 17TH CENTURY oval, profile to sinister, pierced,13 x 10cm; together with a bronze plaquette of Galba VII, circular, inscribed “Galba.VII. L’An. 96 de Jesus C”, 8.5cm diameter (2) Provenance (Galba): Sotheby’s, London, 16 March 1973, part lot 59 Minerva: Warren Ashmolean 537 £300-500

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423 A BRONZE PORTRAIT MEDAL OF ANTOINE PERRENOT DE GRANVELLE (1517-1586), AFTER LEONE LEONI (C.15091590), PROBABLY SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY bust to dexter, holding his crozier below the inscription ANTON PERRENOT EPI A TREBATEN, the reverse with The Earthly Paradise, a unicorn at a mountain spring surrounded by wild animals under the inscription CAETERIS·AEQVE·AC·SIBI· (For others as for him) 9.5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, (1517-1586), according to Hugh Trevor Roper, was ‘the dominating Imperial statesman of the whole century… the greatest private collector of his time, the friend and patron of Titian and Leoni and many other artists’ (‘Princes and Artists, Patronage and Ideology at Four Habsburg Courts 15171633’, London, 1976, p.112).

The illustration on the reverse refers to Granvelle’s ambition to clean the Christian church from “Protestant contamination” (Attwood, p.103).

Attwood 31; Toderi Vannel 61 £300-500

424 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE SACRIFICE TO BACCHUS, AFTER CLAUDE MICHEL CALLED CLODION (1738-1814), PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY rectangular relief, centred by Bacchus and attendant struggling with a sheep at the altar beneath a Bacchic herm flanked by cavorting figures 20 x 50.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Another version of this plaque, signed ‘Clodion’ in the bronze, was held by the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh (No.G.58.4.5), until deaccessioned in 1993. £1000-2000

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425 A PAIR OF BRONZE PLAQUES, FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY rectangular, depicting classical women bathing and in domestic pursuits 8.5 x 20cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £150-250

426 A WHITE METAL MEDALLION, AFTER GUILLAUME DUPRE (15971647) of Marie de Medici steering the ship of State, inscribed ‘SERVANDO DEA FACTA DEOS’ (the reverse only of a Marie de Medici medal); together with a white metal medallion with Biblical judgement scene within a rococo cartouche border both 6.5cm diameter (2)

427 A BRONZE DISC, AFTER PAUL VAN VIANEN (1570-1614), PROBABLY FRENCH 19TH CENTURY cast with figures in cartouches and Mannerist ornament, from the underside of the bowl of a tazza 15cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Taken from the underside of the silver-gilt ‘Coupe Ronde’ acquired by the Louvre in 1832 as by Benvenuto Cellini, but now ascribed to Paul van Vianen (Louvre Inventory No. LP 19). £100-200

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Dupré: Jones 48, 49 £200-400

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428 A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY deep relief, one of putti with a cart, the other infant fawns 12.5 x 18.5cm and 10.5 x 20cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £500-800

429 A PAIR OF BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTES DEPICTING SAINTS, SPANISH, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY oval, recessed in frames, the full length relief figures titled by their shoulders, one Saint Domingo de Silos, the other Saint Domingo de Lacalzada, the reeded frames each with four nicks and screwed to later green velvet stands 12.5 x 9.5cm, 20cm x 14.5cm overall Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 2 December 1969, lot 98 £1500-2500

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430 A PAIR OF SILVER PLAQUES, SPANISH, LATE 17TH CENTURY oval, chased high relief, with half-length figures of St. Leander in Bishop’s vestments holding a pen in one hand and heart in the other; the other of the Virgin weeping 14 x 13cm, 21 x 19.5cm including giltwood frames Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 16 December 1971, lot 129 £2000-3000

431 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE CROWNED VIRGIN AND CHILD IN HEAVEN, SPANISH OR ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY rectangular, the Virgin flanked by seraphim whilst below against a landscape she is worshipped by a kneeling Bishop Saint and a Patron Saint (perhaps St George) holding a town in one hand and his pennant in the other 18.5 x 14cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £600-900

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432 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF CHRIST IN THE CARPENTER’S SHOP, PROBABLY NETHERLANDISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Joseph handing a saw to the Christ Child whilst Mary spools wool in the background, integral moulded frame and suspension loop 11 x 6.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 1038.2; Scaglia XII.2; See Warren Ashmolean 506 for discussion of the series and attribution. £400-600

433 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE DEATH OF ST PETER MARTYR, AFTER TITIAN, FLEMISH, MID 17TH CENTURY arched rectangular, Peter, having stumbled in the forest vainly defends himself against the assassin who is about to strike with his sword, his companion flees to the left, two angels in the canopy hold the martyr’s palam 18.5 x 11.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio c.1488-1576) painted an altarpiece of The Death of St. Peter Martyr around 1528 for the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. It was immediately acclaimed and prints widely circulated. A number of oil copies remain, but the original was destroyed by fire in 1867.

Weber 1010 £300-400 434 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, CIRCLE OF PAUL VAN VIANEN (1570-1614) circular, the Holy Family to the right, the kings to the left 14cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £400-600

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435 A BRONZE SILHOUETTE PLAQUETTE OF CHARITY, FLEMISH, 17TH CENTURY Charity suckling one child and two older children at her feet 14 x 8.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired

by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £150-250

438 A BRONZE ROUNDEL OF THE PIETA, PROBABLY GERMAN OR FLEMISH 17TH CENTURY the cloaks of the standing Holy Mother forming a canopy over Jesus on a cushion, pierced 7.5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300

436 A SILVER PLAQUETTE OF THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS, PROABABLY FLEMISH 17TH / 18TH CENTURY circular, in relief, later French ‘swan’ mark, 10.5cm diameter; together with a silver plaquette of Christ Borne by Angels, French, 18th century, rectangular relief, later French ‘swan’ mark, 11.5 x 8cm (2) Provenance (Adoration): Silver Collection of the Vicomtesse de Vigier, sold Drouot, Paris, 22 / 23 April 1970, lot 44 £600-900 437 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF ST PETER REPENTING, PROBABLY NETHERLANDISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY rectangular excepting leafy suspension loop, the half-length figure with clasped hands above his keys flanked by a vine and a cockerel topped classical column 9 x 6cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

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439 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF VENUS AND ADONIS, NETHERLANDISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY Cupid supporting the dying Adonis, Venus mourning behind and the boar escaping to the right of the woods of background 12 x 9.5cm Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 218, where noted: “The plaquette appears to make an unpublished pair with one showing ‘Venus taking Leave of Adonis’ in the Museum at Troppau, that Weber ascribes to a follower of Paul van Vianen, probably on the basis of its similarity in subject, treatment and style to a rectangular plaque in Utrecht (Weber 943), with monogrammed signature and dated 1612.”

Weber 992 £2000-3000

440 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, PROBABLY GERMAN OR FLEMISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, the Virgin kneeling on cherubim inhabited clouds flanked by God the Father and Christ holding up a crown surmounted by the dove of the Holy Spirit 12.5 x 10cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 889 £500-800

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441 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE SALE OF INDULGENCES, DUTCH, 17TH CENTURY rectangular, with two groups of standing figures against a background of columns, one group surrounding a priest seated at a table, moulded rim; together with another, the same but later cast 6.5 x 10cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

443 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, NETHERLANDISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY rectangular, with lamb, inscribed NON SUREXIT MAJOR, moulded border and suspension loop 11.5 x 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 107.1

Of a type often described as Spanish, see Warren Ashmolean 506 for discussion and attribution; Weber 1042; Scaglia XII.8

£400-600

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442 THREE SILVER COINS comprising: a Dutch 28 stuiver siege coin, Leiden, dated 1574, the city arms and legend GODT BEHOEDE LEYDEN, reverse with a crowned lion with liberty cap on pole and the legend HAEC LIBERTATIS ERGO; an osella, Venice, after Piero Pasta for Francesco Loredan, dated 1759, commemorating the presentation of the Golden Rose

by Pope Clement XIII, Religion on pedestal flanked by St Mark and the Doge, reverse with the Golden Rose; and a large scudo, Papal States, Pius VI, dated 1780, seated Religion in clouds with legend AUXILIUM DE SANCTO, reverse with the arms of the Pope and legend PIUS SEXTUS PONT.M.A.VI, applied cresting with suspension loop; together with a brass pilgrim badge, after Francesco Cesarini, Italian, probably 19th century, after a medal of about 1688, profile bust of Pope Innocent XI, reverse with a procession approaching the Church of the Virgin at Loretto (4) 4 to 3.5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £500-800 The Bernard Kelly Collection of Plaquettes, sold without reserve

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444 A BRONZE PANEL OF AARON’S FIRST SACRIFICE, NETHERLANDISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY the central rectangular scene of kneeling figures flanking a flaming altar surrounded by a broad band of seraphim, scrolls and garlands, reeded borders between, pierced to corners 11 x 19.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 710 £500-800

445 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF ST. SEBASTIAN, NETHERLANDISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY rectangular, the saint tied to a tree, pierced by arrows, his armour at his feet, moulded border 10 x 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Of a type often described as Spanish, see Warren Ashmolean 506 for discussion and attribution; Weber 1041.1; Scaglia XII.11 £400-600

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446 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, ATTRIBUTED TO ARENT VAN BOLTEN (1573-1633), 16TH / 17TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ standing in the Jordan flanked by angels and St John pouring the water over him while figures crowd to the side, above the dove of the Holy Spirit descends 18 x 13cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 962 £500-800

447 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN, PROBABLY FLEMISH, 17TH CENTURY shaped tapered arched outline, in high relief with the Virgin ascending amid clouds and seraphim, pierced 32.5 x 19cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £600-900

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448 A BRONZE ROUNDEL OF THE OATH OF THE VICTORS FROM THE LIBERATION OF THE ANTWERP CITADEL, AFTER MARTIN DE VOS, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY after the 1577 original, negotiations between the leaders of the German Mercenaries and Roeck, Bours and Liedekerke 19 x 17.5cm

450 A BRONZE PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF A WOMAN, FLEMISH OR ITALIAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY relief profile to sinister 9cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Charles Avery suggests the maker of the bronze medallions is Jacques Jongheling (1530-1606). For a discussion of the series see Charles Avery, ‘Studies in European Sculpture’ 1981 Weber 709.4; Warren Ashmolean 502 £300-500 449 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF A BATTLE SCENE, NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY oval, a cavalry skirmish within wriggle and ovolo borders, pierced, 7 x 8cm; together with a bronze plaquette of a battle scene, perhaps Netherlandish 17th century, cartouche shaped, classical figures in hand-to-hand combat, 7 x 9.5cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £300-500 50

451 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF AN ALLEGORY OF VANITY, PETER FLÖTNER (1485-1523), EARLY 16TH CENTURY rectangular, standing winged female figure, partially draped and looking in a hand mirror, behind her a horse, beyond a landscape with a tower 6.5 x 4.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 56.1 £500-800

452 A PAIR OF BRONZE ‘TRIUMPH’ PLAQUETTES, NORTHERN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY rectangular, one depicting the Triumph of Ceres, the other the Triumph of Justice 6 x 12.5mm, 14.5 x 23cm including wood frames with velvet ground Provenance: Christie’s, London, 12 May 1970, lot 45 Weber 678; Warren Ashmolean 507-10 £600-1000

453 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER, PROBABLY GERMAN OR BOHEMIAN, CIRCA 1600-1650 rectangular, Christ, radiate, seated at the table, hand raised in blessing, the disciples around, John, to Christ’s left, slumped forward towards Him 7.5 x 15.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 1050 £400-600

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454 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON, AFTER MONOGRAMMIST H.G. (ACTIVE 15401570) circular, with the two women to the foreground and Solomon on his throne, the soldier holding the baby by its leg and brandishing a knife, with buildings and trees in the background, pierced 16cm diameter

456 A SILVER-GILT RELIGIOUS MEDAL OF ADAM AND EVE, AFTER HANS REINHART (15011581), GERMAN, DATED 1551 initialled K B above the figures flanking the serpent entwined tree, the crucifixion on the reverse, both sides with Latin inscriptions, with applied suspension loop, 5 x 4cm; together with a Dutch silver medal with the arms of the House of Orange Nassau, the reverse with inscription dated 1747 (partly covered by a collector’s label), with filigree border, 5.5cm diameter (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 282; Warren Ashmolean 457 £500-800

457 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN, AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608), PERHAPS GERMAN CIRCA 1600 rectangular, depicting groups of women in the streets struggling with the soldiers 11 x 13cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

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455 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE SCOURGING OF CHRIST, SOUTH GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, pierced 14.5 x 10cm

Giambologna designed this panel to clarify the subject of his celebrated marble group in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, which had been unveiled in 1583 to wide acclaim; prints were produced shortly thereafter such as Andrea Andreani’s woodcut of 1585 (see The Metropolitan Museum, New York, No. 22.73.3-73,74,75).

Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 12 December 1969, lot 109

Weber 1048

£500-800

£500-800

458 A COPPER-GILT RELIEF CARTOUCHE, GERMAN, 16TH CENTURY shield shaped, slightly domed, classical scene of a general on horseback and two soldiers against a tent and landscape 7 x 6.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired

by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300 459 A BOHEMIAN SILVER MEDAL, WORKSHOP OF NICKEL MILICZ (ACTIVE 1544-1570), SANKT JOACHIMSTHAL, PROBABLY SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY The Fall and The Expulsion of Adam & Eve, inscription to obverse DIXIT DOMINVS ECCE ADAM QVASI VNVS EX NOBIS FACTVS EST SCIENS BONVM ET MALVM GEN III (The Lord said, behold Adam has become just like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil, --Genesis 3), dated 1549, Adam and Eve trying to hide their nakedness, God standing left, reverse ET DOMINVS EIECIT ADAM EX PARADISO ET COLLOCAVIT ANTE PARADISVM CHERVBIM ET GE III ( (and the Lord cast out Adam from Paradise and stationed a Cherubim before it, --Genesis 3), Adam and Eve being driven left out from the Garden of Eden by a Cherubim brandishing a sword 6cm excluding suspension loop

461 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS, GERMAN, 16TH CENTURY shaped, relief cast in an integral Italianate ‘altarpiece’ frame including episcopal arms 12 x 7.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 718 £400-600

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £300-500 460 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE HOLY FAMILY WITH ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, SOUTH GERMAN, 17TH CENTURY rectangular, St John, a serpent cross at his feet, embracing the Child on the Virgin’s lap under a tree, set within a 19th century gilt-bronze frame with foliate scrolls and rocaille and a mask surmount with scroll suspension loop 14 x 12cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

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462 A BRONZE-GILT PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF HENRY VIII, MANNER OF HANS SCHWARZ (C.1492-AFTER 1532) in deep relief, bust almost full-face, wearing broadrimmed hat, collar of office and St George medal on riband, laurel leaf border 10cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

See a similar medal from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, No. 1957.14.1279 £400-600 463 TWO BRONZE ‘TRIUMPH’ PLAQUETTES, GERMAN, THE FIRST LATE 16TH CENTURY, THE SECOND PROBABLY LATER both rectangular, depicting The Triumph of Humility and the Triumph of the Church respectively (2) both 6 x 12cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress No. 454 & 455; Weber 678.6/11; Warren Ashmolean 507/509 £800-1200 464 TWO BRONZE ‘TRIUMPH’ PLAQUETTES, GERMAN, 16TH CENTURY the Triumph of Opulence represented by a young king riding in a horse-drawn chariot attended by nymphs and youths carrying money bags, the Triumph of Poverty, showing cart drawn by emaciated donkeys and driven

by Humility and Fear with Patience and Servitude in attendance 6 x 12cm and 6.5 x 12cm (2) Provenance: Sotheby, London, 30 June 1969, lots 5 & 6 Poverty: Kress 456; Weber 678.5; Warren Ashmolean 510 Opulence: Weber 678.2 £600-1000 54

465 TWO SILVER RELIGIOUS MEDALS, GERMAN, 16TH CENTURY one with Sarah giving Hagar to Abraham, the reverse with Abraham giving Hagar bread and water, the other with David and Goliath and another scene one 3.5cm, one 4cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

467 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE ANNUNCIATION, WORKSHOP OF MATTHIAS WALBAUM (1554-1632), 16TH CENTURY rectangular, the angel appearing from the clouds to the left whilst the Virgin turns round from kneeling at her desk 9 x 7cm

£300-500

Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1972, lot 46 Weber 412.1 £400-600

466 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF DIDO FOUNDING CARTHAGE, GERMAN, PROBABLY LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY circular, the queen riding side saddle accompanied by the King of Libya before two soldiers drawing up plans, their retinue stretching into the middle distance, trees and buildings behind, foliate border, pierced 15.5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

The compositions of this and a companion piece (Coriolanus and the Women, British Museum No. 1937,0210.1 in lead) derive from a woodcut series by Jost Amman (1539-1591), ‘New Figures from Livy’, published in Frankfurt in 1573.

468 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF CHRIST IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, WORKSHOP OF MATTHIAS WALBAUM (1554-1632), 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ kneeling in supplication whilst the disciples Peter, James and John sleep in the foreground 9.5 x 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 561

Weber 412.7

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469 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER, WORKSHOP OF MATTHIAS WALBAUM (1554-1632), 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ’s hand raised in blessing, the disciples crowded in an oval, including John slumped forward towards Him, in a columned room 9.5 x 7cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 412.6 £300-400

471 FOUR SMALL SILVER PLAQUETTES OF ‘MUSES’ PUTTI, AFTER PETER FLOETNER (c.1485-1546) AND THE ‘MEISTER DES NUERNBERGER RATHAUSPUTTO’ (1492-1563) rectangular, each titled putto with attribute representing the Muse Clio, Calliope, Euterpe or Polyhymnia 5 x 3.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Bange 19; Weber 71.2/3/4/6 470 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT, WORKSHOP OF MATTHIAS WALBAUM (1554-1632), 16TH CENTURY rectangular, Joseph leading the Madonna and Child on a donkey through trees; together with another, the same but probably later cast both 10cm x 7.5cm (2) Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

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£300-500

472 A LARGE BRONZE PLAQUE OF ST. MARK, NORTHERN SCHOOL, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY rectangular, in deep relief, the evangelist seen from the back at his desk holding open the Gospel 21 x 17.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £300-400 473 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF VULCAN’S FORGE, AFTER MONOGRAMMIST H.G. (ACTIVE 1540-1570), 16TH CENTURY STYLE circular, Venus and Cupid at Vulcan’s forge within a landscape of trees, water and buildings 14cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 475; Warren Ashmolean 455 £200-300

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474 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE RESURRECTION, GERMAN SCHOOL, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY rectangular, Christ rising from the tomb above four terrified figures, plain moulded rim 8 x 6cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 19671969. £200-300

476 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE, SOUTH GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, Thisbe, her arms outstretched, falls on a sword, the lifeless body of Pyramus at her feet, to the left a spreading tree and running hare, to right a fountain of Cupid 7 x 12.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 860.10 £200-300

475 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF A FEMALE NUDE, GERMAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY a rectangular deep relief of a nude, perhaps Susannah, kneeling against a drapery background 12 x 10cm Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 166; later in the collection of Charles Avery

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477 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE TRIUMPH OF HUMILITY, GERMAN, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, on heavy casting, Humility seated in the cart flanked by Faith and Charity walking beside it, Hope to the other side at the front 6.5 x 13cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Warren Ashmolean 542; Weber 986 (circular)

Kress, No. 454; Molinier, No. 663 (as Italian, 16th century); Weber 678.6; Warren Ashmolean 507

£1000-1500

£300-500

478 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE, GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY rectangular, Justice, Peace and Abundance riding a cart drawn by two lions, Bonham’s and BADA labels to reverse; together with another, the same, with darker patination and perhaps slightly later 7 x 13cm, (2) Provenance (earlier cast): Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); sold Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, part lot 222 Provenance (second example): Bonham’s, London, 10 December 1997, lot 116 Kress No. 457; Molinier 666; Planiscig 457 £600-900 479 A BRASS PLAQUE OF THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC, NORTHERN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY high relief, a winged angel staying Abraham’s hand holding a sword, his son crouched on the pyre, the ram in the thicket to the right, integral cartouche shaped frame, pierced 18 x 39.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (18861973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £600-900

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480 A BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE TRIUMPH OF HUMILITY, GERMAN, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY in 16th century style, rectangular, Humility seated in the cart flanked by Faith and Charity walking beside it, Hope to the other side at the front 6.5 x 12.5cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Kress 454; Weber 678.6; Warren Ashmolean 507 £200-300

483 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF VULCAN’S FORGE, AFTER MONOGRAMMIST H.G. (ACTIVE 1540-1570), PROBABLY GERMAN 19TH CENTURY circular, Venus and Cupid at Vulcan’s forge within a landscape of trees, water and buildings 15.5cm diameter Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

Weber 475; Warren Ashmolean 455 £300-500

481 A SILVER PANEL ‘SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME’, AFTER LUCAS CRANACH (1472-1553), PROBABLY GERMAN, 19TH CENTURY oval, the cast scene surrounded by the Latin inscription 6 x 8cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £200-300 482 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF THE DEATH OF LUCRETIA, PROBABLY GERMAN 17TH CENTURY the three-quarter length figure in deep relief, stripped to the waist to stab herself 16 x 13cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £600-900 60

486 A COPPER ELECTROTYPE MEDALLION OF ST GEORGE, ENGLISH, MID 19TH CENTURY depicting St. George and the dragon, the border with Garter inscription: ORDINIS NOBILLISS GARTERII SIGILUM, pierced to formal leaf rim 11cm diameter For 17th century prototypes see the Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, No.MP30 and the Detroit Institute of Arts, No.59.328. £150-250 484 A BRONZE-GILT PLAQUETTE OF APOLLO FLAYING MARSYAS, GERMAN, 17TH CENTURY oval, with Apollo violently attacking Marsyas tied to a tree from which hang panpipes, with after-work, chasing and a matted ground, BADA label to reverse 16 x 12cm Provenance: Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1995); Bonhams, London, ‘The Adams Collection’, 23 May 1996, lot 206.; Bonham’s, London, 10 December 1997, lot 105 £400-600 485 A SMALL MEDAL OF MARIA OF AUSTRIA, AFTER ANTONIO ABONDIO (1538-1591), 18TH / 19TH CENTURY relief profile bust to dexter of the wife of Emperor Maximilian II, reverse inscribed J. MOUSSEAU 6 x 5.5cm

Attwood 1132, 1134,1135; Toderi Vannel 453

487 A SILVER MEDAL OF ST CHRISTOPHER AND THE CHRIST CHILD the reverse with Virgin and child, corded rim, 3.5cm diameter excluding applied suspension loop; together with a bronze cast of a Papal seal in Gothic style, 5cm diameter (2)

£200-300

£200-300

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969.

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488 A LARGE BRONZE PLAQUE OF GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON, ENGLISH, CIRCA 18951900 in relief, the reverse cast with Patent Office Design No.248299 registered in 1895 26 x 36cm, 36.5 x 46.5cm including wooden frame £400-600 489 A BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF HOPE, 19TH CENTURY rectangular, relief perhaps after a French Renaissance model of the personification as a young woman holding a caduceus and leaning against an anchor, applied suspension loop 17 x 6cm Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. £100-200 490 TWO SILVER SEAL MATRICES, UNMARKED, CRICHTON BROTHERS, LONDON, CIRCA 1904 each a copy of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Seal of Office as Warden of the Stannaries of Devon and Cornwall, numbered 360 or 21 on the reverse 4.5 x 4.5cm

part

See British Museum No.1904,0113.1-3 for three Raleigh seals (including the Stannary seal), the online entry noting that the Museum ‘was given these seals by subscribers who bought copies of the seals made by Crichton’s. Up to 600 of these, in silver but unmarked except with a serial number on the reverse, were apparently made.’ £100-200 62

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On some occasions, the Auctioneers processes your data with your consent (e.g., when you agree that the Auctioneers may place cookies, or if you ask, the Auctioneers, to send you information about upcoming events).

On other occasions, the Auctioneers processes your data when the Auctioneers need to do this to fulfil a contract with you (e.g., for billing purposes) or where the Auctioneers are required to do this by law (e.g., where we have to fulfil anti-money laundering requirements). If it is mandatory for you to provide data for these purposes, the Auctioneers will make this clear at the time and will also explain what will happen if you do not provide the data (e.g., that the Auctioneers will not be able to process a bid at auction).

The Auctioneers also processes your data when it is the Auctioneers legitimate interests to do this and when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights. For example, the Auctioneers has a legitimate interest in ensuring the security and integrity of the auctions, in learning about the interests and preferences of current and prospective clients, in developing new business opportunities, in maintaining accurate business and provenance records, and in ensuring that the Auctioneers websites and apps operate effectively. When the Auctioneers process personal information to meet the Auctioneers legitimate interests, the Auctioneers put in place robust safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that the Auctioneers legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. (i) The Auctioneers will use information supplied by Bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by the Auctioneers for the provision of auction related services, client administration, marketing and as otherwise required by law. (ii) By agreeing to these Conditions of Business, the Bidder agrees to the processing of their personal information and to the disclosure of such information to third parties world-wide for the purposes outlined in Condition 11 (a) (i) (b) Who gets to see your personal data?

The Auctioneers and other auctioneer’s at Olympia Auctions, such as Charles Miller Ltd. The Ltd company that initially receives your data will process it. Your data may also be transferred to and processed by other companies within the group of Auctioneers.

The Auctioneers uses EU Commission approved standard contractual clauses to regulate the transfer and processing of data between the Auctioneers.

Outside the Auctioneers The Auctioneers do not transfer your personal data to organisations who wish to use it for their own marketing promotions or other purposes. The Auctioneers only transfer your personal data to other organisations where it Is necessary to enable the Auctioneers to provide you with the services you have requested (for example: the Auctioneers may transfer your data to the Auctioneers bank, payment card acquirers, shippers, warehouses, insurers, experts who help the Auctioneers authenticate or value property, event venues, caterers, catalogue and direct marketing fulfilment and distribution). Where the Auctioneers do it will be on the basis that these organisations are required to keep the information confidential and secure, and they will only use the information to carry out the instructed services.

Some of these organisations may be located outside the EEA. The Auctioneers may also need to retain and disclose certain information about you to appropriate agencies to conduct antimoney laundering and trade sanction checks and to assist with fraud and crime prevention and detection.

When the Auctioneers receive a request for information from a government or law enforcement agency the Auctioneers will disclose information which is the subject matter of that request, if the Auctioneers are satisfied that the government or law enforcement agency has the right to seek disclosure and the correct procedure has been followed. In all other circumstances such information will only be disclosed if the Auctioneers are ordered to do so by a court of law. (c) How long will the Auctioneers keep your personal data?

The Auctioneers will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to provide the relevant services, maintain business records to satisfy tax, legal and other regulatory requirements, and protect and defend against potential legal claims.

In the context of our research and records on ownership of art objects to assist with checks on authenticity provenance and title, we will keep this data for as long as the record is relevant to our legitimate business interest and the public interest.

What steps do the Auctioneers take to keep your personal data secure?

The Auctioneers will take all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the security and integrity of all personal information provided via our website, or by any other means electronic or otherwise.

The Auctioneers use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal details from unauthorised physical and electronic access.

As effective as modern security practices are, we cannot guarantee the complete security of personal data held in our systems, nor that information you supply through the internet or any computer related network is entirely safe from unauthorised intrusion, access or manipulation during transmission. Any transmission is at your own risk. We will not be liable for any resulting misuse of your personal data. (d) Third party websites The Auctioneers website may contain links to other websites not operated by us, the Auctioneers. The information you provide to us will not be transmitted to other websites, but these other websites

may collect personal information about you in accordance with their own privacy notice. We as the Auctioneers cannot accept any responsibility for the privacy practices or content of those websites. (e) Your data You have the right to request deletion of your personal data. The Auctioneers will comply with this request, subject to our legitimate interests as noted above.

How can I access the information you hold about me?

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information then please write to the Auctioneers or email the Auctioneers.

The Auctioneers have an obligation to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. Please write to the Auctioneers or email the Auctioneers to correct or remove any information that you think is incorrect. (f) Complaints If you have any queries or complaints in relation to the Auctioneers processing your personal data please contact the Auctioneers.

12. Miscellaneous (a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions and all other materials produced by the Auctioneers are the copyright of the Auctioneers. (b) These Conditions of Business are not assignable by any Buyer or Seller without the Auctioneers prior written consent, but are binding on Bidders' successors, assigns and representatives. (c) The materials listed in Condition 1(a) set out the entire agreement between the parties. (d) If any part of these Conditions of Business be held unenforceable, the remaining parts shall remain in full force and effect. (e) These Conditions of Business shall be interpreted in accordance with English Law, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts, in favour of the Auctioneers.

Authenticity Guarantee If the Auctioneers sell an item of Property which is later shown to be a “Counterfeit”, subject to the terms below the Auctioneers will rescind the sale and refund the Buyer the total amount paid by the Buyer to the Auctioneers for that Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase Price.

The Guarantee lasts for one (1) year after the date of the relevant auction, is for the benefit of the Buyer only and is non-transferable.

“Counterfeit” means an item of Property that in the Auctioneers reasonable opinion is an imitation created with the intent to deceive over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where the correct description of such matters is not included in the catalogue description for the Property.

Property shall not be considered Counterfeit solely because of any damage and/or restoration and/or modification work (including, but not limited to, recolouring, tooling or repatinating).

Please note that this Guarantee does not apply if either:(i) the catalogue description was in accordance with the generally accepted opinions of scholars and experts at the date of the sale, or the catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; or (ii) the only method of establishing at the date of the sale that the item was a Counterfeit would have been by means of processes not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive

or impractical; or likely to have caused damage to or loss in value to the Property (in the Auctioneers reasonable opinion); or (iii) there has been no material loss in value of the Property from its value had it accorded with its catalogue description.

To claim under this Guarantee, the Buyer must:(i) notify the Auctioneers in writing within one (1) month of receiving any information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the Property, specifying the lot number, date of the auction at which it was purchased and the reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and (ii) return the Property to the Auctioneers in the same condition as at the date of sale and be able to transfer good title in the Property, free from any third party claims arising after the date of the sale.

The Auctioneers have discretion to waive any of the above requirements. The Auctioneers may require the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer’s cost the reports of two independent and recognised experts in the relevant field and that are acceptable to the Auctioneers. The Auctioneers shall not be bound by any reports produced by the Buyer, and reserves the right to seek additional expert advice at its own expense. In the event the Auctioneers decides to rescind the sale under this Guarantee, it may refund to the Buyer the reasonable costs of up to two mutually approved independent expert reports, provided always that the costs of such reports have been approved in advance and in writing by the Auctioneers.

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Matthew Barton Ltd European & Asian Works of Art

Date: 24/11/2021

ABSENTEE BID FORM

Code: KRESS Please mail, fax or scan and email to: Matthew Barton Ltd 25 Blythe Road London W14 0PD Fax +44 (0) 20 7806 5546 Email: enquiries@matthewbartonltd.com

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Important Please bid on my behalf at the above sale for the following Lot(s) up to the hammer price(s) mentioned below. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves and in an amount up to but not exceeding the specified amount. The auctioneer may open the bidding on any lot by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve by placing responsive or consecutive bids for a lot.

I agree to be bound by Matthew Barton Ltd’s Conditions of Business.

If any bid is successful, I agree to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer price at the rate stated in the front of the catalogue and any VAT, or amounts in lieu of VAT, which may be due on the buyer’s premium and the hammer price.

Methods of Payment Matthew Barton Ltd welcomes the following methods of payment, most of which will facilitate immediate release of your purchases.

Wire Transfer to our Bank Electronic transfers may be sent directly to our Bank: HSBC Bank Plc 38 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DG

Debit Card We are pleased to accept UK debit cards. Please note that we do not accept credit cards.

Sterling Bankers Draft Drawn on a recognised UK bank.

Sterling Cash or Cheque Cheques must be drawn on a recognised UK bank. We require seven days to clear a cheque without a letter of guarantee from your bank.

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Matthew Barton Ltd Olympia Auctions, 25 Blythe Road, London W14 0PD Tel:+44 (0) 20 7806 5545 Email: enquiries@matthewbartonltd.com www.olympiaauctions.com