Medal Domenico Ghirlandaio – Painter of the Florentine School – Signed by Raphaël Pépin
silver plated copper
Weight: 139,6 g
Diameter: 69 mm
N° 23 out of 100
Obverse:
Circular inscription: DOMENICO CURRADO GHIRLANDAIO • 1449-1494 •
Three-quarter profile bust to the left of Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi, commonly called Domenico Bigordi dit Domenico Ghirlandaio, Florentine painter, protagonist of the Renaissance.
He left his mark on his era with his great cycles of frescoes, notably in the Sassetti Chapel and the Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence, and with certain scenes in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Domenico is part of the so-called “third generation” of the Florentine Renaissance, with masters such as Andrea del Verrocchio, the Pollaiolo brothers (Antonio and Piero) and Sandro Botticelli.
Signature: R. PEPIN
Reverse:
Head of a woman slightly in profile to the left, wearing a diadem, eyes closed and sketching a smile. Around her, refined ornaments.
Edge:
Cornucopia hallmark (Paris Mint) + CU + 1986 + N°23 /100
