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Italian medals (1904)

Fabriczy, Cornelius von, 1839-1910 · London : Duckworth · leaf 120

An illustration from Italian medals, 1904, leaf 120
o dis-played great energy as goldsmith, die-engraver, bronzesculptor, and medallist. His earliest medal, that of Sixtus IV.,must have been made before 1484; his latest, that of the DogeAndrea Gritti, is of the year 1523. In his early works, suchas the portraits of the two artist brothers Gentile… … The Medallists of Venicet etc* See, for instance, the medal already mentioned (p. 56) of theCardinal Domenico Grimani (PL XVI., 2), the most brilliantMaecenas of Venice, who bequeathed to the museum of theducal palace his collection of ancient statues, and to whomthe library owes the breviary of…

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