Lots for Auction 39
1963 [1541], Genoa, Andrea Doria (1466-1560), Admiral and Condottiere, Iron Medal, by Leone Leoni, bearded bust of the Admiral right, in armour, a trident behind his head, rev a galley with many oarsmen, a small boat before it, 39mm (Att 5; Arm I, 164, 9; Plon pl.XXIX, 1-2; Kress 431; Bargello 712; Milford Haven 122; Scher, The Proud Republic, 1). An unusual and somewhat later cast, but of good quality and very fine. £300-400 As an admiral of the Holy Roman Empire he commanded several expeditions against the Turks, and captured Corona and Patras and with Charles V, led the siege and capture of Tunis in 1535 (see previous lot). Doria was defeated by the Turks at Preveza in 1538, and he was involved with the Emperor again in 1541, on the ill-fated Algerian expedition. Leone Leoni had been condemned to the galleys for an act of violence against a German goldsmith, only to be released by Doria. He produced the Doria medals in Genoa in 1541, by way of thanks. 1964 [1571], Netherlands/HRE/Italy, Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal Granvelle (1516-1586), The Papal Standard Presented to Don Juan de Austria (1545-1578), Spanish Admiral and General, illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Bronze Medal, by Giovanni V. Melone, bust of the Cardinal left, ANT. S.R.E. PBR. CABD. GRANVELANVS., rev a crowded reception at which Don John kneels before the Cardinal who presents him with the Standard, legend above, IN [HOC] VINCES, 44mm (Att 985; Arm I, 265; Bargello 748; Smolderen, Granvelle, XXV; Clifford 135, obverse).
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