. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 137. — It.\i V. inrdal, cummemorating Laciizia SdV(iiiii(i-( ;iaiiipaiili, 1047 '^" ( Iroin /.\") Albizzi l)\' Xieolo I'iorentino some decades later,'" this medal apparenth' was valued highly by the artist himself. Ten years later, llie same motif appears on the obverse of the 5()(l-lire piece of T'SS (lii;. 136), for which the sculptor Guido \'eroi contiibuied a reverse representing; the three "caravelle" of C!olum- bus. C!ompared with the medal, the coin loses much of the original \' through a more
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 137. — It.\i V. inrdal, cummemorating Laciizia SdV(iiiii(i-( ;iaiiipaiili, 1047 '^" ( Iroin /.\") Albizzi l)\' Xieolo I'iorentino some decades later,'" this medal apparenth' was valued highly by the artist himself. Ten years later, llie same motif appears on the obverse of the 5()(l-lire piece of T'SS (lii;. 136), for which the sculptor Guido \'eroi contiibuied a reverse representing; the three "caravelle" of C!olum- bus. C!ompared with the medal, the coin loses much of the original \' through a more linear treatment of design. Xe\"ertheless the charm of the figure and the piu'itv of the composition mark this coin image as one ol tlie respleudinl in uiotleru (i)in cngra\ing. The cnnip-aMiinu, h()we\er, .md tin' sur- rounding circle of shields were the subject of much controvers\-. Criticism wis broiiuhl ui bear especiallv. Fig. 138.—Mia:i.\L or C^reii r\ Go\/,\o,\ bv .XiUonin Pisano, '••' (Phoio fnim Hill) against the heraldic incorrectness of s])eciric coats of arms.^^^ Undoubtedlv these escutcheons are super- fluous additions which diminish rather than enhance the beaiitv of liie coin. i' thi- < ircle re- places the inscription .is an enclosure, an essential element in Renaissance medal engraving, but in this case the shields, wliich .ire iiior<- a row of letters, \\eiL;li he i\il\- on the rest o|' the coiu- |)osition. File pure line of tlie center design re([uir<'s a less elaborate Iraming. 33" Published in /.\' (1052), no. 2, p. 13. 331 Hill, pi. , mc-dai 1021. 332 Ibid., pi. 8, medal .57. 333 PizZDLi-Lii' /-\' (1')-t8), p. 66; |.\non.,l ".Xostrc osscrvazicjni sulle nioncte da 51)1) lire," /.\ (1958), p. 66. 33: ^N COIN 1 SOD. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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