. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. mentioned the niednl coniniemorniiny the Venr (I'),'""* the 43l)th nnni\ nf tlie Swiss guards,^"'-' and the opening ol' ilir Workrs I'air in Brussels.^"' The vakie of these medals rests chielK- in the euin- positiun of tlie reverse, tiie portrait of the puntiHOn. Fig. I'29.—Vatican, obverse nf nf ( Hisleti '" (Phnio IV,,111 /A) the cili\crs<- lii-ing transinittrd um hanged or onlv sliglitly altered from year to year. On the personal medals, however, the likeness of the commemo
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. mentioned the niednl coniniemorniiny the Venr (I'),'""* the 43l)th nnni\ nf tlie Swiss guards,^"'-' and the opening ol' ilir Workrs I'air in Brussels.^"' The vakie of these medals rests chielK- in the euin- positiun of tlie reverse, tiie portrait of the puntiHOn. Fig. I'29.—Vatican, obverse nf nf ( Hisleti '" (Phnio IV,,111 /A) the cili\crs<- lii-ing transinittrd um hanged or onlv sliglitly altered from year to year. On the personal medals, however, the likeness of the commemorated personality deserves special attention. Mistrnzzi proved to be a good portraitist although many of his creations do not achie\'e the highest C]nalitv. interpretation of hi in 1,1 n |)hNsiog- nomv, liis unobtrusive suggestions of inlelleetual and emotional C)ualities, and his subtK modeled planes all blend in creating a clean-cut, acadeinii purliail. Among his better portraits should be considered the busts of Popes Pius XI and Pius XII. The latt(-r, studied minutely in the complexit\' of iiis person- ality and interpreted by the artist in many changed versions, emerged in a "speaking" likeness. The portrait of Gaetano C^ardinal Bisleti dig. 12')), created by Mistruzzi in younger years (rJ24), betrays the artist's great admiration for the Renaissance, as can be seen Ijy comparing it to a created alxjut 14SI1 by Xiccolo kiorentino (lii,'. ki(l). .\Iislru//i turned to this jieriod lor inspiration as turned to classical antifiuil\ lor his esthetic sources. Lnified in conception. sulitl<' in su!.;geslion, sensitive in execution. Mislru//i's eNcmiililied the rewarding results obtained by a deep understaiidiii'^ and assimilation of the esthetic eoneepi of an eailii'i- pericjd. i'lie portrait nf .\(|iiis ( Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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