Object Description
179 FLAMINIO CORNARO (1693-1778), Venetian senator and author 1750
Obv. Bust to right, in peruke. Around, FLAMINIVS CORNELIVS SENAT . VENET . ; on truncation, A . FRANCHI F .
Rev. Facade of church of S. Nicolo Tolentino. On scroll around, OB . ECCLESIAS . INLVSTRATAS . ORDO . ANTISTITVM . VENET . ; on ends of scroll, A F; in exergue, MDCCL
Bronze, struck, 44 mm. Left and right edges scraped away; medal nearly oval
Cornaro was a Venetian senator who wrote a history in Latin of the churches of Venice and Torcello. The eighteen volumes were published in 1749.
Bibl.: Forrer 2, p. 137; Brescia i, p. 180, no. 1178; MM. 2, pp. 391-92, pl. 198, 5.