The Countess of Horn

Jaques Jonghelinck (1530-1606). Portrait Medal of Walburgis van Nieuwenaer, Countess of Horn.

35.7 x 36.0 mm. 11.5 grams. Silver, uniface with an incuse reverse. A fine early casting with a bold high relief portrait. Lightly gilt on the finished obverse, some smoothing in the fields, light chasing on portrait's finer details. Edges nicely smoothed. Well preserved and attractive, a perfect match for the similarly styled medal of her husband offered above.

From the Santini Collection of Renaissance Medals. Earlier from the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Renaissance Medals.

Estimate: $2000.00 - $3000.00