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PIETRO DA FANO
407-9
PIETRO DA FANO
PIETRO DA FANO is known to have been working from about 1452, when the medal
of Lodovico Gonzaga was probably made, until 1464. In February of the latter year
he is shown by documents to have been in the service of the Marquess towards the end
of 1463 and beginningof 1464, though in what capacity we do not know. In the interval
he may have been at Venice, and made the medals of Pasquale and Giovanna Malipieri
(the Doge died on 5 May 1462). Pietro’s style is much under the influence of Pisanello,
and has a kind of gauche dignity, like that of Guidizani. On all three medals a small
crown is used as a stop ; Castellani suggests that it is a marquess’s crown and may mean
that the artist was, even when he made the Venetian medal, in the service of Lodovico.
He is, like Guidizani, weak in his Latin.
Arm. I (1883), p. 27; III (1887), p. 4. Bolzenthal, p. 55. Friedlander, Ital. Schaumunzen (1882), p. 190. Friedlander
in Zeitschr. f Numism., x (1883), pp. 237-9. A. Heiss, Medailleurs de la Ren., Venise (1887), pp. 110-12. G. Castellani,
Notizie di Pietro da Fano in Rassegna Bibl. dell' Arte Ital., i (1898), pp. 97-103. Fabriczy, Ital. Medals (1904), pp. 46 f.
Hill, Med. Ren. (1920), pp. 58 f. Habich, Med. der ital. Ren. (1924), p. 50.
GONZAGA (Lodovico), Marquess of Man-
tua.
407. Obv. * LVDOV1CVS DE GONZAGAMARCHIO
MANTVAEACDVCAL1SLOCVMTENENSGENERAL1S
•FR*SFORZ1A Bust 1., wearing flat cap (mortier)
and figured surcoat with jewel in front on cord ;
on the shoulder, incised ornaments (ermines?).
Double incised inner circle.
Rev. (crown) NOL1METANGIERE and, across
field, • OPVS • PETRI I DOMO • FANI On rocks,
a nude infant seated to front, holding bow in 1.,
arrow in r., looking at a hedgehog on the 1.;
between them, a quiver or bow-stretcher ?
Arm. I, p. 27 (95 mm.). Cicognara, v, p. 413. Tres. de
Num. II, xvii, 5. Friedl., p. 190, Pl. xxxvii. Castellani,
op. cit., p. 102. Bode, Jahrb., x (1889), p. 50. Fabr., p. 47.
Magnaguti, Med. Mant., no. 9. Hab., PI. xxi, 2.
\a. obv., d. rev. Pl. 76.]
(a) London (George III), 95 mm. Lead, without rev.
Keary, no. 48. S.I.M., Pl. 17, 1. (Z>) Florence, Mus.
Naz., Plaquette Coll., no. 268. Obv. only, without
inscr., as octagonal plaquette, 88 x 59 mm., height of
bust, 67-5 mm. Good, (c) Milan (Med. Mun.). Obv.
only, late chasing, cut down to rectangular plaquette
with arched top, 66-5 x 54-5 mm. (d) Paris, 95 mm.
Heiss, Venise, p. in, Pl. iv, 3. (e) Vienna, 93 mm.
Without rev., bad after-cast.
The title ‘Lieutenant-General of Fr. Sforza’ {Sforzia
should be Sforziae) dates the medal between 1452 and 1457.
The reverse gave a suggestion to Boldu (see no. 420). The
marks on the shoulder suggest armourers’ marks, but they
seem to be on stuff, not armour-plate.
MALIPIERI (Pasquale, Doge of Venice,
and his wife, Giovanna).
408. Obv. INCLITE’IOHANNE’ALME’VR BIS’VE
NEZIAR?*DVC1SE Bust of the dogaressa 1., wear-
ing tall cap with veil falling behind, and figured
robe. Pearled border. (See no. 409 rev.)
Rev. (crown) VING1T-H ONIA-BONA-VOLONTAS
and, in exergue, opvs-petrvs*d«|domo-fani
Two women standing to front; one, on the left,
looking r., holds a long scroll; the other, facing,
holds in each hand a serpent (?). Pearled
border.
Arm. HI, 4, a (91 mm.). [a. rev. Pl. 77.]
(a) Berlin, 91 mm. Arm., loc.cit. Friedlander in Zeit-
schr. f. Num., x (1883), p. 237, Pl. vii. Molmenti, La
Dogaressa diVenezia (1884), p. 243. Heiss, Ven., p. in,
Pl. iv, 2. Castellani, op. cit., p. 102. Hab., Pl. xxi, 3.
(Z>) Formerly Morbio, 93 mm. Catal., no. 3554.
The rev. motto should be Vincit omnia bona voluntas.
409. Obv. PASQVALIS*MAR1PETRVS»VENETVM*
D- «DVX Bust 1., wearing ducal cap and robe,
figured ; below, at point of bust, a small crown.
Pearled border.
Rev. Same as obv. of preceding.
Arm. I, 35, 4 (91 mm.); HI, 5, b. [a. Pl. 77.]
(a) Berlin, 90 mm. Simon, no. 142. (6) Brescia (Broz-
zoni). Rizz., no. 65. (c) Edinburgh, R. Scott. Mus.,
93 mm. (d) London (ex E. Koch of Trieste), f 89-5 mm.
After-cast. (<?) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 91 mm. (/) Pa-
ris, Louvre, lead, 86 mm. Catal. des Bronzes (1904),
no. 462. (£•) Turin, 91 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Ven., p. no, Pl. iv, 1. (A) Venice, Mus. Arch, ex S.
Marco, 92-5 mm. Friedl., p. 85, no. 4. (/) Venice,
Mus. Civico Correr, 91 mm. Molmenti, op. cit., p. 242.
Catal., no. 50. Castellani, op. cit., p. 101. (7) Vienna,
| 86 mm. Old after-cast, poor.
D • for dignissimus (see no. 414).
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407-9
PIETRO DA FANO
PIETRO DA FANO is known to have been working from about 1452, when the medal
of Lodovico Gonzaga was probably made, until 1464. In February of the latter year
he is shown by documents to have been in the service of the Marquess towards the end
of 1463 and beginningof 1464, though in what capacity we do not know. In the interval
he may have been at Venice, and made the medals of Pasquale and Giovanna Malipieri
(the Doge died on 5 May 1462). Pietro’s style is much under the influence of Pisanello,
and has a kind of gauche dignity, like that of Guidizani. On all three medals a small
crown is used as a stop ; Castellani suggests that it is a marquess’s crown and may mean
that the artist was, even when he made the Venetian medal, in the service of Lodovico.
He is, like Guidizani, weak in his Latin.
Arm. I (1883), p. 27; III (1887), p. 4. Bolzenthal, p. 55. Friedlander, Ital. Schaumunzen (1882), p. 190. Friedlander
in Zeitschr. f Numism., x (1883), pp. 237-9. A. Heiss, Medailleurs de la Ren., Venise (1887), pp. 110-12. G. Castellani,
Notizie di Pietro da Fano in Rassegna Bibl. dell' Arte Ital., i (1898), pp. 97-103. Fabriczy, Ital. Medals (1904), pp. 46 f.
Hill, Med. Ren. (1920), pp. 58 f. Habich, Med. der ital. Ren. (1924), p. 50.
GONZAGA (Lodovico), Marquess of Man-
tua.
407. Obv. * LVDOV1CVS DE GONZAGAMARCHIO
MANTVAEACDVCAL1SLOCVMTENENSGENERAL1S
•FR*SFORZ1A Bust 1., wearing flat cap (mortier)
and figured surcoat with jewel in front on cord ;
on the shoulder, incised ornaments (ermines?).
Double incised inner circle.
Rev. (crown) NOL1METANGIERE and, across
field, • OPVS • PETRI I DOMO • FANI On rocks,
a nude infant seated to front, holding bow in 1.,
arrow in r., looking at a hedgehog on the 1.;
between them, a quiver or bow-stretcher ?
Arm. I, p. 27 (95 mm.). Cicognara, v, p. 413. Tres. de
Num. II, xvii, 5. Friedl., p. 190, Pl. xxxvii. Castellani,
op. cit., p. 102. Bode, Jahrb., x (1889), p. 50. Fabr., p. 47.
Magnaguti, Med. Mant., no. 9. Hab., PI. xxi, 2.
\a. obv., d. rev. Pl. 76.]
(a) London (George III), 95 mm. Lead, without rev.
Keary, no. 48. S.I.M., Pl. 17, 1. (Z>) Florence, Mus.
Naz., Plaquette Coll., no. 268. Obv. only, without
inscr., as octagonal plaquette, 88 x 59 mm., height of
bust, 67-5 mm. Good, (c) Milan (Med. Mun.). Obv.
only, late chasing, cut down to rectangular plaquette
with arched top, 66-5 x 54-5 mm. (d) Paris, 95 mm.
Heiss, Venise, p. in, Pl. iv, 3. (e) Vienna, 93 mm.
Without rev., bad after-cast.
The title ‘Lieutenant-General of Fr. Sforza’ {Sforzia
should be Sforziae) dates the medal between 1452 and 1457.
The reverse gave a suggestion to Boldu (see no. 420). The
marks on the shoulder suggest armourers’ marks, but they
seem to be on stuff, not armour-plate.
MALIPIERI (Pasquale, Doge of Venice,
and his wife, Giovanna).
408. Obv. INCLITE’IOHANNE’ALME’VR BIS’VE
NEZIAR?*DVC1SE Bust of the dogaressa 1., wear-
ing tall cap with veil falling behind, and figured
robe. Pearled border. (See no. 409 rev.)
Rev. (crown) VING1T-H ONIA-BONA-VOLONTAS
and, in exergue, opvs-petrvs*d«|domo-fani
Two women standing to front; one, on the left,
looking r., holds a long scroll; the other, facing,
holds in each hand a serpent (?). Pearled
border.
Arm. HI, 4, a (91 mm.). [a. rev. Pl. 77.]
(a) Berlin, 91 mm. Arm., loc.cit. Friedlander in Zeit-
schr. f. Num., x (1883), p. 237, Pl. vii. Molmenti, La
Dogaressa diVenezia (1884), p. 243. Heiss, Ven., p. in,
Pl. iv, 2. Castellani, op. cit., p. 102. Hab., Pl. xxi, 3.
(Z>) Formerly Morbio, 93 mm. Catal., no. 3554.
The rev. motto should be Vincit omnia bona voluntas.
409. Obv. PASQVALIS*MAR1PETRVS»VENETVM*
D- «DVX Bust 1., wearing ducal cap and robe,
figured ; below, at point of bust, a small crown.
Pearled border.
Rev. Same as obv. of preceding.
Arm. I, 35, 4 (91 mm.); HI, 5, b. [a. Pl. 77.]
(a) Berlin, 90 mm. Simon, no. 142. (6) Brescia (Broz-
zoni). Rizz., no. 65. (c) Edinburgh, R. Scott. Mus.,
93 mm. (d) London (ex E. Koch of Trieste), f 89-5 mm.
After-cast. (<?) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 91 mm. (/) Pa-
ris, Louvre, lead, 86 mm. Catal. des Bronzes (1904),
no. 462. (£•) Turin, 91 mm. Arm., loc. cit. Heiss,
Ven., p. no, Pl. iv, 1. (A) Venice, Mus. Arch, ex S.
Marco, 92-5 mm. Friedl., p. 85, no. 4. (/) Venice,
Mus. Civico Correr, 91 mm. Molmenti, op. cit., p. 242.
Catal., no. 50. Castellani, op. cit., p. 101. (7) Vienna,
| 86 mm. Old after-cast, poor.
D • for dignissimus (see no. 414).
P 2
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