RENÉ D'ANJOU and JEANNE DE LAVAL 1409-1480 - Lot 493

RENÉ D'ANJOU and JEANNE DE LAVAL 1409-1480 Single-sided bronze medal. "Judgment of Solomon" dated 1462 (130.04 g; Ø 100 mm). ♦ TNG XIV,3 Engraver: Petri de Milan real name Luigi Capponi or Aloysius Petri Capponis di Mediolano 1450-1506 was a sculptor in Rome. Late cast. Light brown patina. T.B. René I d'Anjou, King of Jerusalem, Naples, Sicily and Aragon, Duke of Bar and Lorraine, Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson, Count of Provence and Forcalquier, Piedmont and Barcelona. He was born at Château d'Angers on January 16, 1409. He was the son of Louis II, Duke of Anjou, and Yolande, daughter of the King of Aragon. ... Returning to France in 1453, he ceded the Duchy of Lorraine to his son, who died shortly afterwards. He married Jeanne de Laval, daughter of Guy XIII and Isabelle de Bretagne.... In 1473, he retired to his states in Provence... He died on July 10, 1480.