Ins|Mrccl in his wmk i)\- the i;<'nius ol' Anloiiio 

 C:anova and liv tin- neoclassical stvlc, .is \v<-ll ,is liy the 

 art of the (•ngra\(:Ts ol Greek antiiiiiilv, Aniedeo Law 

 achieved a master\- of form necess.iiA lo expicss liis 

 concepts in nol)leness and sini|jlicit\'. 



Fig. 2. — Sariiima. \'ii:tor Emmamel I, h.ill si ikId, 1814 ' 

 (PluiUi courtesy American Xumismaiic Socieiv) 



Works Ironi the earlier |:)eriod of his life can he 

 jndsTCcl as some of Italy's f)est coin dies. The portrait 

 coin of X'ictor Emmanuel I of .Sa\-oy (fit;. 1) and 

 es[X'ciall\ the liiist represented on the half scndo of 

 1814 (fig-. 2) achiexe excellence thronL;h the ni.ijestN 

 of their conception. The sniitletv of details in rendi'r- 

 iiiL; the character of the aqecl monarch, as well as the 

 sense of proportion expres.sed in the entire composi- 

 tion, confer distinsruished beauty on one of the most 

 remarkable Italian coins of the l''th ceiitiir\. .\ 

 ('.inova portrait medal engraved in ISIO-^ expresses 

 this same simplicit\' and pinit\ of form. 



Fig. 3. — Ekujania, .SiiB.-iiLpiNF. Repibiu:, 20 francs or 



Marensio. vear in [iHojJ '' 



(Div. (if Numisinalics phnin) 



As a complement to La\'\'s |M)itrail achievements 

 ma\' he mentioned his allegorical compositions, ol 

 which the Liherty hust on the so-called ■'Marengo" 



'CXI, vof 1, p. 440, (iiin 2. 



* CoMANDlNI, Vllnliii nil ciiili' ,111111, vdf 1, |). 4S2. 



« C/V7, vof 2, p. 415, coin 3; Vm:.\\\. Mr„„i,- ilalvm,-, ruin 2. 



'"This coin, the fust decimal i "in issurd in It.tly. w.is ■^liiic k 

 \n accordance with the decree of March 1 i, ISIil (22 \'i-ntnsii. 

 year 'J). It commemorated the victory ol .\apoli cm Hon.ip.ntr 

 against the Austrians under General Mel.is at Spniett.i in the 



or 20-fr,inc piece of Faidani.i (ti^. 3 1 is the ijot 

 ex,im|jle."' The wcll-h.il.mceil composition of this 

 coin miy lie cnconntered .iKo in .mother cic.ition of 

 tlie s.nne \e,n\ the T-IV.mc pieie of laid.inia (fn;. ■]). 



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-X-- 



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'^'^"-SVTTrre^'' 



Fig. 4.— Eriixwia. .Sriixri'ixi; Rmm iiiic. -, IV.incs. v<-ar 10 



[1H02I " 



(Div. (if \iunisni.iti(S |)h(it(i) 



On this coin the \erli<,il .niMngement of the compo- 

 sition is strenutheneil h\- the massive yronp of two 

 .illegorical fiLjnres in opposition to the circnl.ir moiif 

 of the reverse. 





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Fis;. 5. — .'sAkruMx. (aiARiis li iix. -, lire. ilijJi, (icno.i 



niiiii '-' 



(Div. ^>\ .Xiunisni.Ltics photo) 



Renretl.ihK , I,.i\\\ .iilislic dcvdiion did not con- 

 tinttc with time. ,md in Liter sens his v|\|c. clinuini; 

 lailhfnllv to old p.ilteins of composilion. declined to- 

 w.u'd mannerism. His poili-,nl ol ('.h.nles Felix ol 

 Sa\'o\ (fig. 3) is onK .1 pale rellection ol his one-time 



vicinity ol Marengo (ne.n- .Messandria). See .ilso C.ariiom.ki, 

 Munrlr ,' hii;lnHi. pp. '>! '>'->: Ho.sco, K/.V {\'>\''), p. 113. 



II I'oi this hrsl siKci d<i im.il (iiiii, ■.cc: {Iakihim hi. pp. ')2 

 'tS; (,A/. vol. 2. p. 413. i oin 4: I'v.wi. .\t<i'!,l' t.'alri':,, coin 4; 

 DAVCNi'dRr, /■jiiu/iiiin Cnmiis, coin 197. 



I- (A/, \ol. 1. p. 44K. ( oin 6.3; I'aoaM, .\lim,l, itnhiru-, loin 

 3"'); .Si'A/iam- 1 I sTA. Cnii Siiidia. ( oin 112: DAMSi'okr, 

 Eiii"tiiiin Cri'Hiii. coin 133. Cakiioni id, p. 203. 



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