- Personage:
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François de Valois (later, King François I)
François de Valois, (1504, France)
- Artist:
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Giovanni Candida (school)
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1447–1495
- Description:
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Obverse: · FRANCOIS · DVC · DE · VALOIS · COMTE · DANGOLESME · AV · X · AN · D · S · EA · Bust facing right, with lank hair, wearing cap with back and fore-flaps turned up, with circular badge; robe with falling collar. Plain border.
Reverse: · NOTRISCO · ALBVONO · STINGO · ELREO · MCCCCIIII · Scene: Salamander facing right, in flames; plain border.
- Background:
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Cast in 1504 showing influence of Giovanni Candida. A very young (10 years old) Francois of Angouleme. The motto of the future king: A salamander in the midst of the flames, whose tail forms a double loop evoking the cordelier of Louise of Savoy. The animal is accompanied by the motto “Notrisco al buono stingo el reo” (I eat the good [fire] and put out the bad).
- Diameter:
- 66 mm. Bronze cast.
- Evaluation:
- Good patina, some wear, pierced at top, original cast.
- Reference:
- Hill 848; Kress 232.