. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 30.âTuscany, Leopold II, franccsconc, 185G â 'â¢" (Photo courtesy .American Xainismalic Society) The coin which hesi shows his art. howe\cr, is the of ISSd (lis;. aO). lie (leated a new portrait of Leopold U 'â " which presents a conipleleiy different aspect of the ai^inn (hand Dnke. 'Ihe fea- tures are hill of life and expression in a relatively low but excellently relief. From tlie <if l,ui'..;i ( ;ori ''' ( in Florence), the last enL;ra\i-r ,it the I'lorrnline mim in the lilt
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 30.âTuscany, Leopold II, franccsconc, 185G â 'â¢" (Photo courtesy .American Xainismalic Society) The coin which hesi shows his art. howe\cr, is the of ISSd (lis;. aO). lie (leated a new portrait of Leopold U 'â " which presents a conipleleiy different aspect of the ai^inn (hand Dnke. 'Ihe fea- tures are hill of life and expression in a relatively low but excellently relief. From tlie <if l,ui'..;i ( ;ori ''' ( in Florence), the last enL;ra\i-r ,it the I'lorrnline mim in the lilties, we liave another coin of the oiil. Fig. 31.âTt'scAN^â , n 11, m <|, iH-,!! « (Div. 1)1 s |ili()ii)| monarch (fia;. .il). A <4ood style, leanins^ slit<htly toward conventionalism, distinijuishes these final productions of 'Fusi-any's ent^ravins art. (Jori's workmanship is good, his elaborate style enhances an acute sense of realism, and his fine modeling adds depth to the low but effective lelief. His dies I'or the gold so-called "ruspone del Ricasoii" and the other coins struck by the [Provisional (hncrnment in 1859 are the last coins of inde|)endent I'nscanv. PARMA Parma, for 32 years under the rule of Maria Louisa of Austria, second wife of Napoleon, was returned in 1847 to the former Dukes of Bourbon-Parma, but the remaining 13 years of this Duchy's independence were agitated by political disturbances and insurrec- tions. The tides of the Revolution of 1848 were strongly felt in Parma; the reigning Duke Chailes II had to abdicate in favor of his son (!harles 111. who was assassinated in 1854. Clharles' infant son Robert ascended the tluone under the regency of his mother, but six later I'. was al)s<)rl)eci into the tuiited Kingdom. The little prim ip,dil\ had .m old in coin engraving. The silver scudi and tlie gold C|Uadruplas of the princes ,ne judged to b
Size: 2334px × 1070px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorun, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectscience
