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GENTILE
turned-up brim; dress with pleated front, and
chain of square links; all let into square frame.
Rev. On back of frame, incised, AMATVS*
AMADI | IOANNIS • | EP1SCOPICARD1NA • I F • IMC
CCLXXXII | FACINI • PERVG1NI | OPVS
Berlin, 60x41 mm. (without frame). Bange, no. 243,
Pl. 26. Copper, beaten. [Pl. 81.]
This portrait is based on the style of Ferrara about
1470-80.
AM ADI (Agostino).
427. Obv. Bust 1., long cloth falling from cap
to shoulders; dress with pleated front; all in
frame.
Rev. Incised on back of frame AVGVSTINVS*
| AMADD I VENETVS* | AMATDF* I MILES^ET^COM
ES^PALa I aMCCCXCVI
Berlin, 49x32 mm. (without frame). Bange, no. 245,
Pl. 26. Copper, beaten. [Pl. 81.]
The inscr. is described in the Berlin Catalogue as later
than the rest.
AMADI (Angelo).
428. Obv. Bust 1., wearing cap with cloth falling
behind; gown with pleated front; all in frame.
Rev. Incised on back of frame ANGIELVS * |
DE • AMATIS * | IOANNIS ^ | • F • | ANNO • XP1 «OPT' |
MCCCCLXXXI
BELLINI 427-32
Berlin, 69 x 48 (without the frame). Bange, 241, Pl. 26.
Copper, beaten. [Pl. 81.]
This is based on the medal of Angelo Amadi, or possibly
both go back to a common original.
AMADI (Francesco).
429. Obv. Bust 1.; wears cap with cloth falling
behind; gown with pleated front, all in frame.
Rev. On back of frame, incised, FRANCISCVS-
|DE-AMATIS’|IOANNIS«|F*|ANNO-XPIOPT'«|MCC
CCLXXXI
Berlin, 68x^2 mm. Bange, no. 242, Pl. 26. Copper,
beaten. [Pl. 81.]
430. Obv. FRANCISCVS AMADI. MICHAELIS F.
COMES PLAT1NE ET CITICEI MCCCVI Bust?
Rev. None.
Cicogna, Inscr. Ven., vi. 842, quoting the Zibaldoni
Morelliani, describes this as ‘getto bislungo in bronzo
senza rovescio ’.
UNKNOWN MAN (Knight of St John).
431. Obv. Bust 1., with long thick hair, wearing
round cap and cross of St John on breast. All
in frame.
Rev. None.
Berlin, 51 x 34 mm. (without frame). Bange, no. 239,
Pl. 26. Beaten in tin. [Pl. 81.]
Resembles the Amadi portraits.
GENTILE BELLINI
THE famous painter, son of Jacopo, born probably in the first half of 1429, died in
1507 and was buried on 23 Feb. of that year. The solitary medal from his hand,
a very amateurish production, especially when compared with his paintings, was
doubtless made immediately on his return to Venice from Constantinople, whither he
had gone at the end of September 1479, returning at the end of November 1480.
For a general bibliography, see Gronau’s article in Thieme-Becker’s Allgem. Lexikon, iii (1909), p. 264; to which add
J. Karabacek, Abendlandische Kunstler zu Konstantinopel (Denkschr. k. Akad. Wien, 62, I, 1918), pp. 24 if.
MOHAMMAD II, Sultan of Turkey.
432. Obv. (vine-leaf) MAGNI SVLTANI MOHAMETI
IMPERATORIS Bust 1., with close-cropped beard,
wearing turban, and gown with falling collar
over under-garment. Raised rim.
Rev. GENT1LIS BELUNVS VENETvS EQVES AVR
ATVS COMESCVPALATINVS’F* The three crowns
(of Constantinople, Iconium, and Trebizond) in
pale. No border.
Arm. I, p. 78 (93 mm.); Ill, 18, a. Tres. de Num. I,
xix, 3. L. Thuasne, Gentile Bellini et Sultan Mohammed II
(Paris, 1888), p. 49. Hill, N. Chr. 1926, p. 287. [f. Pl. 82.]
(a) Berlin, 93 mm. Friedl., p. 91, Pl. xvii. Hab.,
Pl. xxxi, 1. (Z>) Another, Simon, no. 141. (c) London,
Q
f 94 mm., ex Piot: reads SVLTANIFMOHAMETI;
collar of gown stippled to represent fur, dress brocaded.
Antiquity doubtful, (d) London, V. A. M. (Salting),
f 94 mm. (4 Parma, f 96 mm. Fine. (/) Venice, Mus.
Arch., f 93 mm. Good. (_§■) Venice, Mus. Civ. Correr,
f93-5mm. Good. Catal., no.95. (Zz) Vienna,f 93mm.
Karabacek, op. cit., p. 48 (later casting). (/) Dreyfus,
92 mm. Heiss, Niccold Spinelli, p. 79, PI. ix, 1.
The original inscription on the obverse must have been
as given in the description; note the monogram of OV,
owing to Greek influence. The insertions F and II (after
MOHAMETI,as in the Tres.de Numi), the form BELENVS,
the crescent instead of leaf on obv. (as in Thuasne’s
illustration) are corruptions or misreadings. The artist
was created eques auratus and comes palatinus by the
Emperor Frederick III at Venice on 13 Feb. 1469
turned-up brim; dress with pleated front, and
chain of square links; all let into square frame.
Rev. On back of frame, incised, AMATVS*
AMADI | IOANNIS • | EP1SCOPICARD1NA • I F • IMC
CCLXXXII | FACINI • PERVG1NI | OPVS
Berlin, 60x41 mm. (without frame). Bange, no. 243,
Pl. 26. Copper, beaten. [Pl. 81.]
This portrait is based on the style of Ferrara about
1470-80.
AM ADI (Agostino).
427. Obv. Bust 1., long cloth falling from cap
to shoulders; dress with pleated front; all in
frame.
Rev. Incised on back of frame AVGVSTINVS*
| AMADD I VENETVS* | AMATDF* I MILES^ET^COM
ES^PALa I aMCCCXCVI
Berlin, 49x32 mm. (without frame). Bange, no. 245,
Pl. 26. Copper, beaten. [Pl. 81.]
The inscr. is described in the Berlin Catalogue as later
than the rest.
AMADI (Angelo).
428. Obv. Bust 1., wearing cap with cloth falling
behind; gown with pleated front; all in frame.
Rev. Incised on back of frame ANGIELVS * |
DE • AMATIS * | IOANNIS ^ | • F • | ANNO • XP1 «OPT' |
MCCCCLXXXI
BELLINI 427-32
Berlin, 69 x 48 (without the frame). Bange, 241, Pl. 26.
Copper, beaten. [Pl. 81.]
This is based on the medal of Angelo Amadi, or possibly
both go back to a common original.
AMADI (Francesco).
429. Obv. Bust 1.; wears cap with cloth falling
behind; gown with pleated front, all in frame.
Rev. On back of frame, incised, FRANCISCVS-
|DE-AMATIS’|IOANNIS«|F*|ANNO-XPIOPT'«|MCC
CCLXXXI
Berlin, 68x^2 mm. Bange, no. 242, Pl. 26. Copper,
beaten. [Pl. 81.]
430. Obv. FRANCISCVS AMADI. MICHAELIS F.
COMES PLAT1NE ET CITICEI MCCCVI Bust?
Rev. None.
Cicogna, Inscr. Ven., vi. 842, quoting the Zibaldoni
Morelliani, describes this as ‘getto bislungo in bronzo
senza rovescio ’.
UNKNOWN MAN (Knight of St John).
431. Obv. Bust 1., with long thick hair, wearing
round cap and cross of St John on breast. All
in frame.
Rev. None.
Berlin, 51 x 34 mm. (without frame). Bange, no. 239,
Pl. 26. Beaten in tin. [Pl. 81.]
Resembles the Amadi portraits.
GENTILE BELLINI
THE famous painter, son of Jacopo, born probably in the first half of 1429, died in
1507 and was buried on 23 Feb. of that year. The solitary medal from his hand,
a very amateurish production, especially when compared with his paintings, was
doubtless made immediately on his return to Venice from Constantinople, whither he
had gone at the end of September 1479, returning at the end of November 1480.
For a general bibliography, see Gronau’s article in Thieme-Becker’s Allgem. Lexikon, iii (1909), p. 264; to which add
J. Karabacek, Abendlandische Kunstler zu Konstantinopel (Denkschr. k. Akad. Wien, 62, I, 1918), pp. 24 if.
MOHAMMAD II, Sultan of Turkey.
432. Obv. (vine-leaf) MAGNI SVLTANI MOHAMETI
IMPERATORIS Bust 1., with close-cropped beard,
wearing turban, and gown with falling collar
over under-garment. Raised rim.
Rev. GENT1LIS BELUNVS VENETvS EQVES AVR
ATVS COMESCVPALATINVS’F* The three crowns
(of Constantinople, Iconium, and Trebizond) in
pale. No border.
Arm. I, p. 78 (93 mm.); Ill, 18, a. Tres. de Num. I,
xix, 3. L. Thuasne, Gentile Bellini et Sultan Mohammed II
(Paris, 1888), p. 49. Hill, N. Chr. 1926, p. 287. [f. Pl. 82.]
(a) Berlin, 93 mm. Friedl., p. 91, Pl. xvii. Hab.,
Pl. xxxi, 1. (Z>) Another, Simon, no. 141. (c) London,
Q
f 94 mm., ex Piot: reads SVLTANIFMOHAMETI;
collar of gown stippled to represent fur, dress brocaded.
Antiquity doubtful, (d) London, V. A. M. (Salting),
f 94 mm. (4 Parma, f 96 mm. Fine. (/) Venice, Mus.
Arch., f 93 mm. Good. (_§■) Venice, Mus. Civ. Correr,
f93-5mm. Good. Catal., no.95. (Zz) Vienna,f 93mm.
Karabacek, op. cit., p. 48 (later casting). (/) Dreyfus,
92 mm. Heiss, Niccold Spinelli, p. 79, PI. ix, 1.
The original inscription on the obverse must have been
as given in the description; note the monogram of OV,
owing to Greek influence. The insertions F and II (after
MOHAMETI,as in the Tres.de Numi), the form BELENVS,
the crescent instead of leaf on obv. (as in Thuasne’s
illustration) are corruptions or misreadings. The artist
was created eques auratus and comes palatinus by the
Emperor Frederick III at Venice on 13 Feb. 1469