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Andrea Doria offering a sacrifice
Leone Leoni
- Art Funded
- 2005
- Dimensions
- 8.95 x 7.75 cm
- Vendor
- Morton & Eden
Leone Leoni was condemned to the papal galleys in 1540 after a fight with the papal jeweller and only released after the intervention of Andrea Doria, a powerful prince in Genoa.
Leoni produced a series of three plaquettes and five medals to commemorate his debt to Doria as liberator and patron including this plaquette.
Provenance
Richard Strauss; Christie's, 1977; John R Gaines; Morton & Eden, 2005.