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1966.131.74.a

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Marchese Scipione Maffei Medal 1755

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Artist

Jacques Antoine Dassier (Geneva, 1715 - 1759)

Title

Marchese Scipione Maffei Medal 1755

Creation Date

1755

Century

18th century

Dimensions

2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Switzerland

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.74.a

Object Description

334 MARCHESE SCIPIONE MAFFEI (1675-1755), scholar and tragic poet 1755

Obv. Bust to right, in peruke. Around, SCIPIONI MAFFEIO MARCH . ; below, A . D . F .
Rev. View of Museum of Verona. Around, MUSEI . VERONENSIS . CONDITORI . ; in exergue, ACADEMIA | PHILARMONICA . | AN . MDCCLV .
Bronze, struck, 55 mm.

The medal was commissioned by the Accademia Filarmonica to commemorate the founding by Maffei of the Verona Museum.

Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 511; Brescia 2, p. 93, no. 119; MM. 2, pp. 371-72, pl. 190, 5.