Post Veterans Day Auction
Lot 72:
Description
Old master painting after Botticelli, oil on board of what appears to be a cardinal holding a medallion of Cosimo De’ Medici. The cardinal maybe the Anti-Pope John XXIII who Cosimo lent him the money to buy himself the office of cardinal, which he repaid by making the Medici Bank head of all papal finances once he claimed the papacy. Dimensions: 17" x 12.5" Image size.
Condition: Some paint loss and craquelure, excellent frame
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