. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. allusion to Napoleon's alisolutistic regime and was mockinoly called "Encclado" (Enchained). It al- legedly caused serious troul)li- loi- Manl';' Hi- was accused also of being the author nl the defanKi- tory inscription natoleone on the lira piece of ISlO. Cinecchi sa\s that contemporary in\esligat(irs were luiahle to discover the author and diat onl\- Liter was it known that Manfredini was responsilile for it.'" In his medals, as in his coins, Manfredini gi\'es e\idence of an outstanding ;n-tistic .sensili\-ilv,
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. allusion to Napoleon's alisolutistic regime and was mockinoly called "Encclado" (Enchained). It al- legedly caused serious troul)li- loi- Manl';' Hi- was accused also of being the author nl the defanKi- tory inscription natoleone on the lira piece of ISlO. Cinecchi sa\s that contemporary in\esligat(irs were luiahle to discover the author and diat onl\- Liter was it known that Manfredini was responsilile for it.'" In his medals, as in his coins, Manfredini gi\'es e\idence of an outstanding ;n-tistic .sensili\-ilv, and, in addition, among his conteni[)oraries he excels through a classical sim])licily of form. In his portrait of Napoleon (fig. 7) he comes close to tlic perfect. fig. 7.âKingdom of , I, ',lire, 181 i, mint '^ (Div. uf Numismatics plidtu) eciuihljriinn nf cducept and expressicm that is char- acteristic of ancient ,trt. The of .Wijioleon, howex'er inipassi\e and remote in expression, are not lifeless in their statuesque heautv. The well- modeled relief suggests far more imiei life than Tiolier's famous portrait of the Emperor (lig. .S). The proportion between head and inscription aLso finds a much happier solution in Maiilredini's coinage than it does in Tiolier's. Remarkable \ er- satility helped Manfredini change his style according to subject. The portrait of Maria Louisa of Parma (iig. 9), in its simplicity and purit\- cjf form, follows a line that is suffused with lemiuinc grace, in contrast to the rocklike massi\encss of Na- poleon's hetid. "'CoMANDiNi (op. (it., p. 427) indicitrs he was foKcil to leave Italy and that he returned only in 1 S I 4 with tin- .\usti '' F. and E. , Lf mnnele ill Mihiim, \>. l\(y. Si-r ,iKo: Carbonkri, p. 117; Patrignani, (I'^l), vol. 2K, pp. 11 - 21 ; .?>f!imR (1948), vol. 14, p. 57; .A'«mrt (I'M')), vol. , pp. 107- lOK. 'â 'CM, vol. 5, p. 428, coin 82;
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