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1966.131.70.b

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Flaminio Cornaro

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Artist

Agostino Franchi

Title

Flaminio Cornaro

Creation Date

1750

Century

18th century

Dimensions

1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.70.b

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.