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Italien - Medalj - Arkitekt & Horlog Gianello della Torre 1500-1585 - SÄLLSYNT!

3 500 kr

Italien - Medalj - Arkitekt & Horlog Gianello della Torre 1500-1585 - SÄLLSYNT!
En vacker medalj utgiven över Arkitekt och klockmakare Gianello della Torre 1500-1585. Den här utbjudan utgåvan är en senare avgjutning från originalet, troligtvis från slutet av 1800-talet. En tilltalande och sällsynt medalj, Vitmetall, 80mm, vikt ca 120 gram.

ÅTSIDAN
Arkitekt Gianello della Torres bröstbild samt omskriften "IANELIUS.TURRIAN.CREMON.HOROLOG.ARCHITECT,"

FRÅNSIDAN
Gudinnan Virtus stående i centrum omgiven av mansfigurer. I omskriften "VIRTVS" & "NVNQ DEFICIT


"IANELIUS.TURRIAN.CREMON.HOROLOG.ARCHITECT," along the edge of the medal indicates that Gianello (1500-1585) was a clockmaker and architect from the city of Cremona. One of his contemporaries described him as a "bull in human form," and his rough features in this medal reflect this characterization. A collector of timepieces would have been thrilled to have a portrait of a prominent clockmaker. This medal was produced before Jacopo da Trezzo left Milan (near Cremona) in 1555 for the Southern Netherlands to enter the service of King Philip II of Spain.