â–¡ A SET OF SIX PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF THE WIVES OF ROMAN EMPERORS, PROBABLY ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE

oval, each with a border inscribed: 'Caesonia Caesar Caligulae Uxor', 'Lepidaser GII Galbae Uxor', 'Pompeia JULII CAES Uxor', Flavia Domicilla VespasianI Uxor', 'Albia Terentia Othonis mater', 'Agrippina TiberII Uxor'

11.5 x 9.5cm approximately

Provenance: Collection of Alfred Spero (1886-1973), London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly between 1967-1969. *See lot 309 for Introduction to the Bernard Kelly Collection and Selected Bibliography*

A series with the emperors is confirmed by a near complete set in the Musei Civici in Brescia (Francesco Rossi, 'Musei Civici di Brescia. Placchette Sec. XV-XIX', Vicenza, 1974, Nos.166-85, and with a full discussion by Rossi).

Planiscig 413-16