1561 AD., Italy, Florence, Michelangelo Buonarroti, medal commemorating the artist’s 88th birthday. modern electrotype after an original by Leone Leoni, original medal cast 1561.
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Italy, Florence, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), artist, medal commemorating the artist’s 88th birthday. modern electrotype after an original by Leone Leoni, original medal cast 1561 (ca. 59,8 mm),
Gilt Æ Medal (ø 35 mm / 20,81 g), axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge with a seam,
Obv.: • MICHAELANGELVS • BONARROTVS • FLO · R · AES · ANN - 88 , (MICHAELANGELVS BONARROTVS FLOR(entinus) AET S ANN 88 "(
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, aged 88 years") , his bust to right, bearded, in loose cloak; [ original pieces show on truncation: LEO ].
Rev.: DOCEBO · INIQVOS · VT · {TE} · IMPII · AD · TECONVEP , (originally: DOCEBO INIQVOS VIAS TVAS ET IMPII AD TE CONVERTENTVR - "Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You." , Bible, psalms 51:13), Michelangelo in the guise of a blind man, holding water flask and staff, being led right by a guide dog; in the background, trees.
cf. Pollard 500 (for original) ; cf. Kress 429 (same) ; cf. British Museum. Diameter, 59-5 mm. Lead. Cast. [PI. XXVI.] ; Vasari, Michelangelo, i, p. 109 ; iv, pp. 1735-1738 ; ArmandI, 163, 6 ; Plon, Leoni, p.270 ; pl. xxxiii, 1, 2 ; Pope-Hennessy, The Portrait in the Renaissance, fig. 230 ; Pollard, Bargello Museum iii 719a ; Scher 52 ; Toderi-Vannell, p.58, n. 90.
In the winter of 1560, Michelangelo had passed to Leoni a commission for the construction of a funerary monument for Gian Giacomo Medici. As a token of his thanks, Leoni made the original that this piece copies, for which the Florentine artist personally sat.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo ˈdi lodoˈviko buonaˈrɔti siˈmɔni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.[1] Considered to be the greatest living artist during his lifetime, he has since also been described as one of the greatest artists of all time.[1] Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Florentine Medici client, Leonardo da Vinci.
more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo
This portrait, by Michelangelo's friend Leone Leoni, exists in a very large number of specimens, of varying excellence; it was evidently among the most popular of sixteenth century medals greatest of artists with the handiwork of one of the most skilful of Italian medallists.
The iconography of Michelangelo is to be exhaustively- treated by Dr. E. Steinmann in a forthcoming work, and it is therefore unnecessary to dwell on it here. An interesting and little-known engraving is, however, reproduced in PI. XII from the specimen in the British Museum. It has already been figured by Dr. Steinmann in his work on the Sixtine Chapel. It represents Michelangelo at the age of twenty three. The composition recalls the engraving by Marcantonio which seems to have inspired the picture by Paolo Veronese of the dream of St. Helena. Possibly Parmigianino may have been the source of both engravings. 1 To return to Leone Leoni's medal: it should be compared with a wax model (PI. XXVI, No. 40^), doubtless made for casting from, which seems to be from the hand of Leone Leoni, to whom an old label on the back attributes it. It is in the British Museum, and is a remarkably fine and characteristic piece of modelling, entirely worthy of Leone Leoni; it differs in many small details from the signed medal. The lead medal, in the collection of Mr. Maurice Rosenheim, also illustrated in PI. XXVI, No. 4-Otf, measures 48*5 x 37 mm. It seems to be from a quite different hand, and portrays the artist at an earlier age.
The legend on the reverse of Leone Leoni's medal is from Psalm li, 13 (I, 1 5 in the Vulgate). I do not understand its application to the subject, which was suggested by Michelangelo himself. The medal was modelled at Rome, and four casts, one chased and completed, were sent by the artist to Michelangelo with a letter dated 14 March 1561 . We infer from this that the artist was in the habit of issuing unfinished casts, which were doubtless afterwards chased by sometimes inferior hands. In this case he asks Michelangelo to keep the finished specimen and do what he likes with the rest.
Armand, i, 163, 6. E. Plon, Leone Leoni, etc. (1887), p. 165.
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![1561 AD., Italy, Florence, Michelangelo Buonarroti, medal commemorating the artist’s 88th birthday. modern electrotype after an original by Leone Leoni, original medal cast 1561.
Italy, Florence, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), artist, medal commemorating the artist’s 88th birthday. modern electrotype after an original by Leone Leoni, original medal cast 1561 (ca. 59,8 mm),
Gilt Æ Medal (ø 35 mm / 20,81 g), axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge with a seam,
Obv.: • MICHAELANGELVS • BONARROTVS • FLO · R · AES · ANN - 88 , (MICHAELANGELVS BONARROTVS FLOR(entinus) AET S ANN 88 "(
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, aged 88 years") , his bust to right, bearded, in loose cloak; [ original pieces show on truncation: LEO ].
Rev.: DOCEBO · INIQVOS · VT · {TE} · IMPII · AD · TECONVEP , (originally: DOCEBO INIQVOS VIAS TVAS ET IMPII AD TE CONVERTENTVR - "Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You." , Bible, psalms 51:13), Michelangelo in the guise of a blind man, holding water flask and staff, being led right by a guide dog; in the background, trees.
cf. Pollard 500 (for original) ; cf. Kress 429 (same) ; cf. British Museum. Diameter, 59-5 mm. Lead. Cast. [PI. XXVI.] ; Vasari, Michelangelo, i, p. 109 ; iv, pp. 1735-1738 ; ArmandI, 163, 6 ; Plon, Leoni, p.270 ; pl. xxxiii, 1, 2 ; Pope-Hennessy, The Portrait in the Renaissance, fig. 230 ; Pollard, Bargello Museum iii 719a ; Scher 52 ; Toderi-Vannell, p.58, n. 90.
In the winter of 1560, Michelangelo had passed to Leoni a commission for the construction of a funerary monument for Gian Giacomo Medici. As a token of his thanks, Leoni made the original that this piece copies, for which the Florentine artist personally sat.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo ˈdi lodoˈviko buonaˈrɔti siˈmɔni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.[1] Considered to be the greatest living artist during his lifetime, he has since also been described as one of the greatest artists of all time.[1] Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Florentine Medici client, Leonardo da Vinci.
more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo
This portrait, by Michelangelo's friend Leone Leoni, exists in a very large number of specimens, of varying excellence; it was evidently among the most popular of sixteenth century medals greatest of artists with the handiwork of one of the most skilful of Italian medallists.
The iconography of Michelangelo is to be exhaustively- treated by Dr. E. Steinmann in a forthcoming work, and it is therefore unnecessary to dwell on it here. An interesting and little-known engraving is, however, reproduced in PI. XII from the specimen in the British Museum. It has already been figured by Dr. Steinmann in his work on the Sixtine Chapel. It represents Michelangelo at the age of twenty three. The composition recalls the engraving by Marcantonio which seems to have inspired the picture by Paolo Veronese of the dream of St. Helena. Possibly Parmigianino may have been the source of both engravings. 1 To return to Leone Leoni's medal: it should be compared with a wax model (PI. XXVI, No. 40^), doubtless made for casting from, which seems to be from the hand of Leone Leoni, to whom an old label on the back attributes it. It is in the British Museum, and is a remarkably fine and characteristic piece of modelling, entirely worthy of Leone Leoni; it differs in many small details from the signed medal. The lead medal, in the collection of Mr. Maurice Rosenheim, also illustrated in PI. XXVI, No. 4-Otf, measures 48*5 x 37 mm. It seems to be from a quite different hand, and portrays the artist at an earlier age.
The legend on the reverse of Leone Leoni's medal is from Psalm li, 13 (I, 1 5 in the Vulgate). I do not understand its application to the subject, which was suggested by Michelangelo himself. The medal was modelled at Rome, and four casts, one chased and completed, were sent by the artist to Michelangelo with a letter dated 14 March 1561 . We infer from this that the artist was in the habit of issuing unfinished casts, which were doubtless afterwards chased by sometimes inferior hands. In this case he asks Michelangelo to keep the finished specimen and do what he likes with the rest.
Armand, i, 163, 6. E. Plon, Leone Leoni, etc. (1887), p. 165.
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1561 AD., Italy, Florence, Michelangelo Buonarroti, medal commemorating the artist’s 88th birthday. modern electrotype after an original by Leone Leoni, original medal cast 1561.
Italy, Florence, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), artist, medal commemorating the artist’s 88th birthday. modern electrotype after an original by Leone Leoni, original medal cast 1561 (ca. 59,8 mm),
Gilt Æ Medal (ø 35 mm / 20,81 g), axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge with a seam,
Obv.: • MICHAELANGELVS • BONARROTVS • FLO · R · AES · ANN - 88 , (MICHAELANGELVS BONARROTVS FLOR(entinus) AET S ANN 88 \"(
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, aged 88 years\") , his bust to right, bearded, in loose cloak; [ original pieces show on truncation: LEO ].
Rev.: DOCEBO · INIQVOS · VT · {TE} · IMPII · AD · TECONVEP , (originally: DOCEBO INIQVOS VIAS TVAS ET IMPII AD TE CONVERTENTVR - \"Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.\" , Bible, psalms 51:13), Michelangelo in the guise of a blind man, holding water flask and staff, being led right by a guide dog; in the background, trees.
cf. Pollard 500 (for original) ; cf. Kress 429 (same) ; cf. British Museum. Diameter, 59-5 mm. Lead. Cast. [PI. XXVI.] ; Vasari, Michelangelo, i, p. 109 ; iv, pp. 1735-1738 ; ArmandI, 163, 6 ; Plon, Leoni, p.270 ; pl. xxxiii, 1, 2 ; Pope-Hennessy, The Portrait in the Renaissance, fig. 230 ; Pollard, Bargello Museum iii 719a ; Scher 52 ; Toderi-Vannell, p.58, n. 90.
In the winter of 1560, Michelangelo had passed to Leoni a commission for the construction of a funerary monument for Gian Giacomo Medici. As a token of his thanks, Leoni made the original that this piece copies, for which the Florentine artist personally sat.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo ˈdi lodoˈviko buonaˈrɔti siˈmɔni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.[1] Considered to be the greatest living artist during his lifetime, he has since also been described as one of the greatest artists of all time.[1] Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Florentine Medici client, Leonardo da Vinci.
more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo
This portrait, by Michelangelo's friend Leone Leoni, exists in a very large number of specimens, of varying excellence; it was evidently among the most popular of sixteenth century medals greatest of artists with the handiwork of one of the most skilful of Italian medallists.
The iconography of Michelangelo is to be exhaustively- treated by Dr. E. Steinmann in a forthcoming work, and it is therefore unnecessary to dwell on it here. An interesting and little-known engraving is, however, reproduced in PI. XII from the specimen in the British Museum. It has already been figured by Dr. Steinmann in his work on the Sixtine Chapel. It represents Michelangelo at the age of twenty three. The composition recalls the engraving by Marcantonio which seems to have inspired the picture by Paolo Veronese of the dream of St. Helena. Possibly Parmigianino may have been the source of both engravings. 1 To return to Leone Leoni's medal: it should be compared with a wax model (PI. XXVI, No. 40^), doubtless made for casting from, which seems to be from the hand of Leone Leoni, to whom an old label on the back attributes it. It is in the British Museum, and is a remarkably fine and characteristic piece of modelling, entirely worthy of Leone Leoni; it differs in many small details from the signed medal. The lead medal, in the collection of Mr. Maurice Rosenheim, also illustrated in PI. XXVI, No. 4-Otf, measures 48*5 x 37 mm. It seems to be from a quite different hand, and portrays the artist at an earlier age.
The legend on the reverse of Leone Leoni's medal is from Psalm li, 13 (I, 1 5 in the Vulgate). I do not understand its application to the subject, which was suggested by Michelangelo himself. The medal was modelled at Rome, and four casts, one chased and completed, were sent by the artist to Michelangelo with a letter dated 14 March 1561 . We infer from this that the artist was in the habit of issuing unfinished casts, which were doubtless afterwards chased by sometimes inferior hands. In this case he asks Michelangelo to keep the finished specimen and do what he likes with the rest.
Armand, i, 163, 6. E. Plon, Leone Leoni, etc. (1887), p. 165.
from https://archive.org/stream/portraitmedalsof00hill/portraitmedalsof00hill_djvu.txt
Schlüsselwörter: Italy Florence Michelangelo Buonarroti medal birthday electrotype Leone Leoni beard blind man water flask staff guide dog trees")