Description
Girolama, daughter of Galeazzo Farnese, wife of Alfonso San Vitale, widowed 1560, Lead Portrait Medal by Pastroino de’ Pastorini, bust right, wearing lace-trimmed dress, necklace and ear rings, her hair tied back through a veil, HIERONIMA FARNESIA D S VITALI, on truncation P 1556, 69mm (Arm I, 206/113; Kress 332; Pollard 377).
A very fine contemporary cast, cracked around the shoulder.