. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 17^3, III- had a ver\- acti\c lilc thai kc|)l him in llic service of llir Hapsluir-^s and nf Napolcdii ,il the mint'; in firniia and Milan. Anininr (hiillrniaid, the M-niiif £;i'a\cf of iht- Milancsr mini, and also Sahiich .ul\iscd him in ihr ait (if caiin cnmaxiim. In his indcprndcnt position as chirf cnniavci- at the (icniia mint, he could dcvclcjp his (}\\ii .ntistic personaHu, nninhiliiti'd l)\ dirci lions. The coina'^c of the Ivepuhhc (fJenoa) helween l""')? and ISIlS is entiicl\ his woik. I'he |)ohtic,d
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 17^3, III- had a ver\- acti\c lilc thai kc|)l him in llic service of llir Hapsluir-^s and nf Napolcdii ,il the mint'; in firniia and Milan. Anininr (hiillrniaid, the M-niiif £;i'a\cf of iht- Milancsr mini, and also Sahiich .ul\iscd him in ihr ait (if caiin cnmaxiim. In his indcprndcnt position as chirf cnniavci- at the (icniia mint, he could dcvclcjp his (}\\ii .ntistic personaHu, nninhiliiti'd l)\ dirci lions. The coina'^c of the Ivepuhhc (fJenoa) helween l""')? and ISIlS is entiicl\ his woik. I'he |)ohtic,d ehanc;es had a irpci'cnssion in hi^ Hie. In ISdS h<' was transferred li\ the f'reneh (ioxcnnnenl to the MiLniese mini, where he spent the remaiiKler of liis da\s. His work dexclcjped ciiiell\' as a colialjoration with Nhmfirdini and SaKirch in serving two masters, Xapoleon ,md i'raneis of Austria. Me ent;ra\i-d many medals in commem- oration of their victories. The entr\ of . into Genoa is the suliject of (jne of liis medals in 1 ,-'^ while tli4ned with his complete name or with his ii.\'\, , sometimes only v. An acti\'e s|iirit, Vassallo sni|)rises ns with liis invcnliveness in arranaing purely heraldic patteins. The coinage of the Lic;urian Repniilic shows two versions of an emlilematic pattern used on the reverse of the ijold ,nul silver coinage. The coin|)nation ol the ohverse, on the contrarv. is less inspired. \ erv in its conception, for e\,im|ili', is lli<- allegorical ht;ure on the gold 'Hi-lire piece (liu- )-. Fig. 13.— RePCBIIO. r)l) IliC, l!!()-, -"' (Div. of Numismatics |)li(iiii) A well-halanccd composition, it lie com|),ired, however, with the classicd distinction of . s groups or with the plasticity of .Salv ir( h's iimires. 2" CoMANt)INi, l-'lliiliri iin (niln mini, vol. 1, p. 144. ^'CNI, vol. .5, p. 506, coin 2; DrsiMCNi, M/i '/"'/" V",),/« Li«u
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