Alvise de Noale
Inscription
Bronze, cast, 37.3 mm Ø, 38.9 g
c. 1512-1520.
Obverse: Bust of Alvise da Noale facing left with beard and long hair, wearing cloak knotted at the breast.
Reverse: Inscription across the field, ALOYSI / VS · ANOAL / IS · IVRECON / SVLTVS / · (Alvise da Noale, Jurisconsult).
Alvise da Noale was a prominent Venetian lawyer, active in public affairs from 1509 until at least 1533. He is mentioned often in I Diarii di Marino Sanuto starting in 1509. That work concludes in the year 1533. He was a member of the patrician family Mudazo and became chief magistrate of Noale. The dating of this medal is based on the style of the portrait.
Provenance:
Morton & Eden 68, 10-11 June 2014, lot 567.
Sincona 6, 23-25 March 2012, lot 1728.
Astarte VIII, 11 October 2001, lot 108.
References:
Hill 1930 (Corpus), no. 538
Börner 1997, no. 209
Voltolina 1998, no. 231
Toderi and Vannel 2000, no. 712
Pollard 2007 (NGA), no. 192