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124 wax modelli for Italian medals (© British Museum)
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© British Museum

124 wax modelli for Italian medals

Artist: Various

Location: British Museum

Date: mid 17th-early 19th Century

Materials: wax on slate

Grant:

Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £20,000)

Vendor: Trinity Fine Art

Review number: 4443 (1997)

Provenance:
Private purchase by John Winter, Cambridge, 1965, via Gabor Cossa.

Description:
Primarily executed by the Hamerani workshop working for the papal mint in Rome. A vast stock of designs, works of art in their own right, with a wide variety of illustrations and inscriptions.

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