Portrait medal of Antoine Perrenot Granvelle (obverse); Don Juan of Austria Receiving the Standard from Granvelle (reverse), 1571, Bronze (Copper alloy with orange-brown, Diam. 4.4 cm, wt. 32.71 g., Medals, Giovanni V. Melon (Italian, active ca. 1570–90), The obverse presents a portrait of Antoine Perrenot Granvelle (1517 – 1586), a leading minister for the Spanish Habsburgs during the resurgence of Protestantism in the sixteenth century. A friend and patron of the master painter Titian, Granville possessed a magnificent library and art collection
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Portrait medal, Antoine Perrenot Granvelle, obverse, Don Juan, Austria Receiving, Standard, Granvelle, reverse, 1571, Bronze, Copper alloy, orange-brown, Diam, 4.4 cm, wt, 32.71 g, Medals, Giovanni V. Melon, Italian, active ca., 1570–90, presents, portrait, Perrenot, 1517, 1586, leading minister, Spanish Habsburgs, resurgence, Protestantism, sixteenth century, friend, patron, master painter, Titian, Granville possessed, magnificent library, art collection
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