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605 PART
has followed some authority other than the Berlin
specimen). (Z>) Brescia (Brozzoni), 45 mm. Mazz. I,
xxiv, 3. Rizz., no. 163 (reads OPVS FRANC MARI!
TEPERELLI PVERVL! in five lines; Mus. Mazzu-
chellianum gives FRANCISCI and TEPERELI).
(c) Rome, Vatican, |45 mm. After-cast. Letters ISCI
missing on rev. (d) Vienna, 45 mm. Late after-cast.
Letters ISCI missing on rev.
It has been suggested that p-eXtaayeuro? -n-dpotKo?, literally
‘living near a(place) rich in bees ’, may mean that Lodovico had
an estate at Mel, south-west of Belluno (Friedlander, p. 213).
L. N. Cittadella’s translation [Pontico Virunio stampatore
III
in Reggio e in Ferrara, 1875, p. 7), ‘come 1’ape e il suo
aculeo ’, being a supposed allusion to Lodovico’s unpleasant
character, is impossible. Virunius is said to be derived from
the mistaken idea (held by Lodovico himself) that Virunum
was the old name of Lodovico’s native place, Belluno.
Lodovico was born in 1467 and died, it is supposed, at
Bologna in 1520. Friedlander, guessing at the sitter’s age,
supposes the medal to have been made about 1520; Gruyer
also supposes him to be about 50 years old. His move-
ments after 1509, when he had a printing-press at Ferrara,
are unknown; and the medal is so amateurish in style that
it is difficult to attach it to any school.
BOLOGNA
GIOMETRA OR GIOVANNI METRA
NOTHING is known of this medallist, and it is not even certain whether his signature
is to be read as one word or as two. His medal, the work of a clumsy amateur, shows
the influence of Cristoforo di Geremia, especially of his medal of Alfonso of Aragon, in
the shape of the bust, in the figure of the reverse, and in the placing of the signature.
It was probably made between 1501 and 1508.
BENTIVOGLIO (Giovanni II).
605. Obv. 1 IOANEZ ' BENTIVOLVS i SECONDVS «
BONONIAI - PATER - PATRIAI • Bust 1., in high
relief, with long hair, through which the ear
shows; wears plate-armour; over which, scarf
knotted on both shoulders. (The inscription
has been recut, and now appears in a sunk
channel.) Incised in the field, in later numerals,
14*z on 1., Ipmon r.
Rev. NVDVS • /VXHLO • IPSE • MIHI • DVX • IPSE •
MIES • PATRIAM • DEFND • CoNSIEO • PSEvDOCE
SAREM • EXARMV • F°RTvN\M • LASS/V • 'Ropj-Ev .
H© • PERi^ The same person seated three-
quarters r. on a trophy of arms (cuirass, helmet,
shield and halberd), in r. sword upright, in 1.
model of city of Bologna; on either side of him
broken archway with pillars in perspective; on
the base on which he sits giometrafe
Arm. Ill, 44, a (io8 mm.). [a. Pl. 109.
(a) Modena, Gall. Estense, 106 mm. A. Venturi in
Arch. Stor. dell'Arte, i (1888), p. 74. Arm., loc. cit.
Venturi, Storia, vi, p. 803.
The Pseudo-Caesar of the reverse inscription is Cesare
Borgia; the reference is to the accommodation with him
in 1501, which, however, can hardly be described as
a success for Bentivoglio. The last word is probably
for perfeci. The numerals cut in the field of the obverse
give the dates of the birth and death of Giovanni; the
form of 8 shows that they are much later than the
original medal. The piece itself is probably not a contem-
porary casting, but represents an early sixteenth-century
original.
FRANCESCO FRANCIA
FRANCESCO RAI BOLIN I, called Francesco Francia, of Bologna, goldsmith, painter,
die-engraver, and sculptor. He was born at Bologna about 1450-3, and died there on
5 Jan. 1517. Admitted to the goldsmiths’ gild on 10 Dec. 1482; massaro of the same
as early as 1483. According to Vasari he took special delight in cutting dies for medals,
and made some of Julius II which could be compared to those of Caradosso. He also,
according to the same authority, made life-like medals of Giovanni II Bentivoglio,
and modelled wax portraits (from which he afterwards executed dies and struck
specimens) of innumerable distinguished persons who passed through Bologna. To
the end of his days he was in control of the mint at Bologna, and cut all the dies during
the rule of the Bentivoglio, and after their fall for Julius II; he was continued in office
by Leo X. In spite of this statement of Vasari there is very little in the form of
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has followed some authority other than the Berlin
specimen). (Z>) Brescia (Brozzoni), 45 mm. Mazz. I,
xxiv, 3. Rizz., no. 163 (reads OPVS FRANC MARI!
TEPERELLI PVERVL! in five lines; Mus. Mazzu-
chellianum gives FRANCISCI and TEPERELI).
(c) Rome, Vatican, |45 mm. After-cast. Letters ISCI
missing on rev. (d) Vienna, 45 mm. Late after-cast.
Letters ISCI missing on rev.
It has been suggested that p-eXtaayeuro? -n-dpotKo?, literally
‘living near a(place) rich in bees ’, may mean that Lodovico had
an estate at Mel, south-west of Belluno (Friedlander, p. 213).
L. N. Cittadella’s translation [Pontico Virunio stampatore
III
in Reggio e in Ferrara, 1875, p. 7), ‘come 1’ape e il suo
aculeo ’, being a supposed allusion to Lodovico’s unpleasant
character, is impossible. Virunius is said to be derived from
the mistaken idea (held by Lodovico himself) that Virunum
was the old name of Lodovico’s native place, Belluno.
Lodovico was born in 1467 and died, it is supposed, at
Bologna in 1520. Friedlander, guessing at the sitter’s age,
supposes the medal to have been made about 1520; Gruyer
also supposes him to be about 50 years old. His move-
ments after 1509, when he had a printing-press at Ferrara,
are unknown; and the medal is so amateurish in style that
it is difficult to attach it to any school.
BOLOGNA
GIOMETRA OR GIOVANNI METRA
NOTHING is known of this medallist, and it is not even certain whether his signature
is to be read as one word or as two. His medal, the work of a clumsy amateur, shows
the influence of Cristoforo di Geremia, especially of his medal of Alfonso of Aragon, in
the shape of the bust, in the figure of the reverse, and in the placing of the signature.
It was probably made between 1501 and 1508.
BENTIVOGLIO (Giovanni II).
605. Obv. 1 IOANEZ ' BENTIVOLVS i SECONDVS «
BONONIAI - PATER - PATRIAI • Bust 1., in high
relief, with long hair, through which the ear
shows; wears plate-armour; over which, scarf
knotted on both shoulders. (The inscription
has been recut, and now appears in a sunk
channel.) Incised in the field, in later numerals,
14*z on 1., Ipmon r.
Rev. NVDVS • /VXHLO • IPSE • MIHI • DVX • IPSE •
MIES • PATRIAM • DEFND • CoNSIEO • PSEvDOCE
SAREM • EXARMV • F°RTvN\M • LASS/V • 'Ropj-Ev .
H© • PERi^ The same person seated three-
quarters r. on a trophy of arms (cuirass, helmet,
shield and halberd), in r. sword upright, in 1.
model of city of Bologna; on either side of him
broken archway with pillars in perspective; on
the base on which he sits giometrafe
Arm. Ill, 44, a (io8 mm.). [a. Pl. 109.
(a) Modena, Gall. Estense, 106 mm. A. Venturi in
Arch. Stor. dell'Arte, i (1888), p. 74. Arm., loc. cit.
Venturi, Storia, vi, p. 803.
The Pseudo-Caesar of the reverse inscription is Cesare
Borgia; the reference is to the accommodation with him
in 1501, which, however, can hardly be described as
a success for Bentivoglio. The last word is probably
for perfeci. The numerals cut in the field of the obverse
give the dates of the birth and death of Giovanni; the
form of 8 shows that they are much later than the
original medal. The piece itself is probably not a contem-
porary casting, but represents an early sixteenth-century
original.
FRANCESCO FRANCIA
FRANCESCO RAI BOLIN I, called Francesco Francia, of Bologna, goldsmith, painter,
die-engraver, and sculptor. He was born at Bologna about 1450-3, and died there on
5 Jan. 1517. Admitted to the goldsmiths’ gild on 10 Dec. 1482; massaro of the same
as early as 1483. According to Vasari he took special delight in cutting dies for medals,
and made some of Julius II which could be compared to those of Caradosso. He also,
according to the same authority, made life-like medals of Giovanni II Bentivoglio,
and modelled wax portraits (from which he afterwards executed dies and struck
specimens) of innumerable distinguished persons who passed through Bologna. To
the end of his days he was in control of the mint at Bologna, and cut all the dies during
the rule of the Bentivoglio, and after their fall for Julius II; he was continued in office
by Leo X. In spite of this statement of Vasari there is very little in the form of
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