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PART III
DATED MEDALS
CONTARINI (Marcantonio).
484. Obv. M • ANT • CONTARENV’ • IVLIENS •
PR.ESES* Bust r., with long hair falling to nape
of neck, wearing gown; below, *MDXXX*
Rev. PACE CONFECTA* Nude female
figure standing to front, r. holding spear, point
upwards, with a helmet at its foot, 1. resting on
a shield of horse-head shape, decorated with
Gorgon’s mask.
Arm. II, 174, 6 (62 mm.). J. Morelli, La Libreria gid
raccolta . . . dal Sig. M. Pinelli, \ (1789), p. 354. Cicogna,
Inscr. Ven., vi, p. 308. Bode, Zeitschr. f. bild. Kunst, xv
(1904), p. 40. [d. Pl. 90.]
(a) London (George III), lead, | 62 mm. (Z>) Paris, 62 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Ven., p. 192, Pl. xvi, 3. (c) Par-
ma, | 62 mm. Fine, (d} Major J. E. S. Tuckett,
| 63 mm.
The medal commemorates the terms obtained for the
people of Udine from King Ferdinand by Contarini, who
was governor of Friuli in 1530. The attribution to the
‘ Medallist of 1523 ’ was suggested by Bode. But it is to
be noticed that it has not the characteristic stops, and that
it is later in date than any other medals attributed to the
same hand of which the date can be fixed. See, however,
the medal of Montagnacco (no. 488).
There is another medal of Contarini, dated 1540, by
Giov. dal Cavino (Arm. I, 180, 11).
UNDATED
AUGUSTO DA UDINE (Publio Augusto
Graziani).
485. Obv. A VG VST vs VATES Bust 1., with
lank hair falling to shoulders, laureate; plain
dress. Below, two loose leaves.
Rev. V R A N I A • Nude female figure, with
long hair, standing to front, looking up to 1.,
r. raised to her head, 1. covering her shame.
Arm. II, 72, 15 (32 mm.). Augusti Vatis Odae, Ven.(1529),
title-page (obv. of medal reproduced, reversed). G. F. H.,
note in Fabriczy, Ital. Med. (1904), p. 138 (to Adriano
Fiorentino). Foville, Rev. Num. (1912), p. 425 n. (to Fra
Ant. da Brescia or the medallist of 1523 ?). Hab., Pl. Ixviii,
1, p. 74 (to Adriano Fiorentino), but p. 101, ‘near to Fra
a.b.’ \e. Pl. 90.]
(«) Brescia (Brozzoni), 33 mm. Mazz. I, xxxv, 3, and
Scritt. Ital., ii, p. 1257, s.v. Augusto. Rizz., no. 499.
(Z») Copenhagen, j 32 mm. (c) Florence, 32 mm. Sup.,
no. 201. Worn, pZ) London, | 32 mm. Pres, by Sir
Richard Temple, Bt., 1923. (e) London, V. A. M. (Salt-
ing), 132mm. Hill in Burl. Mag.,xx (1911)^.23, Pl. 1, E
(attr. to Adriano Fiorentino). (/) Another (757-1865,
Soulages), | 32 mm. (^) Another, 4587-57,132-5 mm.
(Ii) Milan (Med. Mun.), | 32 mm. Worn. (?) Another,
(Brera), | 32-5 mm. (7 ) Modena, | 31-5 mm. (k) Ve-
nice, Mus. Arch., | 32 mm. (Z) Venice, Mus. Correr.
Catal., no. 333. (wi) Baron C. A. de Cosson, | 32 mm.
(n) Gustave Dreyfus, | 32 mm. (0) T. W. Greene,
32 mm. B. F. A. C., Ital. Sc., p. 116, no. 71.
The laurel crown was given to the poet by Frederick HI
(therefore before Aug. 1493 ; perhaps, as Lancetti suggests,
in 1489). Attributions of this medal fluctuate between the
neighbourhood of Adriano Fiorentino and that of Fra
Antonio da Brescia and the ‘Medallist of 1523’. I now
distinctly incline to the last; cp. the form of the ground on
which Urania stands; the lettering, with its tendency to
the bar-less A; the predilection for the female nude.
Possibly, however, the artist may have been influenced by
Adriano Fiorentino (cp. the latter’s signed statuette of
Venus in the Foulc Collection, Bode, Italian Bronze Statu-
ettes, i, Pl. xviii), but this did not make him adopt Adriano’s
characteristic ugly form of bust. The reverse type is an
MEDALS
allusion to the poet’s astronomical studies. His odes were
published in 1529, and he was buried at Udine, where he
taught the humanities. His real name seems to have been
Agostino or Augusto Geronimiano, and he was still living
in 1519. The medal probably dates from about that time.
AVEROLDO (Altobello).
486. Obv. ALTOBELLVS . AVEROLDVS . BR1XIEN .
POLEN . EPS . VEN . LEGTS . APOST • Bust E.
wearing berretta and rochet.
Rev. . VERITAT1. D . in exergue. Truth un-
veiled: Truth, a nude female figure, struggling
with two nude men who have snatched away
her veil, to a corner of which she clings with
her r. hand.
Arm. II, 104, 12 (94 mm.). Bode, Zeitschr. f. bild. Kunst,
xv (1904), p. 40. Hab., Pl. Ixxxviii, 5. B. F. A. C., Ital.
Sc., p. 100. [c. Pl. 90.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 93 mm. Mazz. I, xliv, 1. Rizz.,
no. 523. (Z>) London, f 92 mm., ex Rosenheim, Sale
Catal. (1923), no. 48. Presented by Sir Otto Beit,
K.C.M.G. (c) London, V.A. M. (496-1864), f 93 mm.
pZ) Paris, 94 mm. Rev. Num. (1912), p. 419, Pl. xii.
(e) Paris, Mus. Jacquemart-Andre,f 93-5 mm. (/) Par-
ma, t 93 mm- (<£’) Baron C. A. de Cosson, f 93 mm.
(A) Henry Oppenheimer, 94 mm. B. F. A. C., Ital.
Sc., loc. cit., no. 29, Pl. Ixiv.
The attribution to the ‘Medallist of 1523’ is due to Bode;
and it was this medal which prompted Rosenheim’s identi-
fication of the medallist with Maffeo Olivieri. With the
inscr. and motto (Veritati Dicatum) compare the inscr. on
the candlesticks in St Mark’s : Allobellus Averoldus Brixia-
nus Eps. Rolen. Venet. Legat. Apostolicus Deo Opt. Max.
Dicavit. In the inscription on the medal note the variation
between barred and bar-less A (cp. no. 481).
LOREDANO (Jacopo).
487. Obv. IACOBVS LAVREDANVS IO F
Bust r., with long thick hair, covering cheeks,
wearing coat open in front, showing shirt below.
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PART III
DATED MEDALS
CONTARINI (Marcantonio).
484. Obv. M • ANT • CONTARENV’ • IVLIENS •
PR.ESES* Bust r., with long hair falling to nape
of neck, wearing gown; below, *MDXXX*
Rev. PACE CONFECTA* Nude female
figure standing to front, r. holding spear, point
upwards, with a helmet at its foot, 1. resting on
a shield of horse-head shape, decorated with
Gorgon’s mask.
Arm. II, 174, 6 (62 mm.). J. Morelli, La Libreria gid
raccolta . . . dal Sig. M. Pinelli, \ (1789), p. 354. Cicogna,
Inscr. Ven., vi, p. 308. Bode, Zeitschr. f. bild. Kunst, xv
(1904), p. 40. [d. Pl. 90.]
(a) London (George III), lead, | 62 mm. (Z>) Paris, 62 mm.
Arm., loc. cit. Heiss, Ven., p. 192, Pl. xvi, 3. (c) Par-
ma, | 62 mm. Fine, (d} Major J. E. S. Tuckett,
| 63 mm.
The medal commemorates the terms obtained for the
people of Udine from King Ferdinand by Contarini, who
was governor of Friuli in 1530. The attribution to the
‘ Medallist of 1523 ’ was suggested by Bode. But it is to
be noticed that it has not the characteristic stops, and that
it is later in date than any other medals attributed to the
same hand of which the date can be fixed. See, however,
the medal of Montagnacco (no. 488).
There is another medal of Contarini, dated 1540, by
Giov. dal Cavino (Arm. I, 180, 11).
UNDATED
AUGUSTO DA UDINE (Publio Augusto
Graziani).
485. Obv. A VG VST vs VATES Bust 1., with
lank hair falling to shoulders, laureate; plain
dress. Below, two loose leaves.
Rev. V R A N I A • Nude female figure, with
long hair, standing to front, looking up to 1.,
r. raised to her head, 1. covering her shame.
Arm. II, 72, 15 (32 mm.). Augusti Vatis Odae, Ven.(1529),
title-page (obv. of medal reproduced, reversed). G. F. H.,
note in Fabriczy, Ital. Med. (1904), p. 138 (to Adriano
Fiorentino). Foville, Rev. Num. (1912), p. 425 n. (to Fra
Ant. da Brescia or the medallist of 1523 ?). Hab., Pl. Ixviii,
1, p. 74 (to Adriano Fiorentino), but p. 101, ‘near to Fra
a.b.’ \e. Pl. 90.]
(«) Brescia (Brozzoni), 33 mm. Mazz. I, xxxv, 3, and
Scritt. Ital., ii, p. 1257, s.v. Augusto. Rizz., no. 499.
(Z») Copenhagen, j 32 mm. (c) Florence, 32 mm. Sup.,
no. 201. Worn, pZ) London, | 32 mm. Pres, by Sir
Richard Temple, Bt., 1923. (e) London, V. A. M. (Salt-
ing), 132mm. Hill in Burl. Mag.,xx (1911)^.23, Pl. 1, E
(attr. to Adriano Fiorentino). (/) Another (757-1865,
Soulages), | 32 mm. (^) Another, 4587-57,132-5 mm.
(Ii) Milan (Med. Mun.), | 32 mm. Worn. (?) Another,
(Brera), | 32-5 mm. (7 ) Modena, | 31-5 mm. (k) Ve-
nice, Mus. Arch., | 32 mm. (Z) Venice, Mus. Correr.
Catal., no. 333. (wi) Baron C. A. de Cosson, | 32 mm.
(n) Gustave Dreyfus, | 32 mm. (0) T. W. Greene,
32 mm. B. F. A. C., Ital. Sc., p. 116, no. 71.
The laurel crown was given to the poet by Frederick HI
(therefore before Aug. 1493 ; perhaps, as Lancetti suggests,
in 1489). Attributions of this medal fluctuate between the
neighbourhood of Adriano Fiorentino and that of Fra
Antonio da Brescia and the ‘Medallist of 1523’. I now
distinctly incline to the last; cp. the form of the ground on
which Urania stands; the lettering, with its tendency to
the bar-less A; the predilection for the female nude.
Possibly, however, the artist may have been influenced by
Adriano Fiorentino (cp. the latter’s signed statuette of
Venus in the Foulc Collection, Bode, Italian Bronze Statu-
ettes, i, Pl. xviii), but this did not make him adopt Adriano’s
characteristic ugly form of bust. The reverse type is an
MEDALS
allusion to the poet’s astronomical studies. His odes were
published in 1529, and he was buried at Udine, where he
taught the humanities. His real name seems to have been
Agostino or Augusto Geronimiano, and he was still living
in 1519. The medal probably dates from about that time.
AVEROLDO (Altobello).
486. Obv. ALTOBELLVS . AVEROLDVS . BR1XIEN .
POLEN . EPS . VEN . LEGTS . APOST • Bust E.
wearing berretta and rochet.
Rev. . VERITAT1. D . in exergue. Truth un-
veiled: Truth, a nude female figure, struggling
with two nude men who have snatched away
her veil, to a corner of which she clings with
her r. hand.
Arm. II, 104, 12 (94 mm.). Bode, Zeitschr. f. bild. Kunst,
xv (1904), p. 40. Hab., Pl. Ixxxviii, 5. B. F. A. C., Ital.
Sc., p. 100. [c. Pl. 90.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 93 mm. Mazz. I, xliv, 1. Rizz.,
no. 523. (Z>) London, f 92 mm., ex Rosenheim, Sale
Catal. (1923), no. 48. Presented by Sir Otto Beit,
K.C.M.G. (c) London, V.A. M. (496-1864), f 93 mm.
pZ) Paris, 94 mm. Rev. Num. (1912), p. 419, Pl. xii.
(e) Paris, Mus. Jacquemart-Andre,f 93-5 mm. (/) Par-
ma, t 93 mm- (<£’) Baron C. A. de Cosson, f 93 mm.
(A) Henry Oppenheimer, 94 mm. B. F. A. C., Ital.
Sc., loc. cit., no. 29, Pl. Ixiv.
The attribution to the ‘Medallist of 1523’ is due to Bode;
and it was this medal which prompted Rosenheim’s identi-
fication of the medallist with Maffeo Olivieri. With the
inscr. and motto (Veritati Dicatum) compare the inscr. on
the candlesticks in St Mark’s : Allobellus Averoldus Brixia-
nus Eps. Rolen. Venet. Legat. Apostolicus Deo Opt. Max.
Dicavit. In the inscription on the medal note the variation
between barred and bar-less A (cp. no. 481).
LOREDANO (Jacopo).
487. Obv. IACOBVS LAVREDANVS IO F
Bust r., with long thick hair, covering cheeks,
wearing coat open in front, showing shirt below.
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