mcnt, apparently did not meet the appnnal of tlie 

 Pope since it was ne\er used in later \cais. 



Cerbara's portrait of Pius IX (li^. 57), a work IVum 

 the period of his artistic matiuitw attains a hi"her 



I'ig. 56. — Papal Rumi . i.ki'inK'i W I, iilj\rrse <jf iiictlal, 

 vear I [1831] '-' 

 (Photo IVuni R^} 



decree of expressiveness. The \i\acious and charm- 

 ing personality of I^ius IX seems to ha\e dissipated 

 the earlier coldness of the artist to the extent that an 

 elegant, sophisticated stvle replaces the <-arlier for- 



I'ig. 57. — Pai'AL Rome, Pius IX,scudi), 1848. Roman iiiiiu '=" 

 (Div. of Numismatics pholo) 



malism. The well-modeled plastic relief renders iu 

 simple, clear-cut lines the warm pers(jnality of (he 

 high potentate. 



the gold scudi between ISS.i and 1SS7 and the bron/c 

 quattrini from 1851 to 185-1. '-'" Little otherwise is 

 known about his a( ti\ il\. I''orier assi'^irs to him .some 

 religious medals. 



A tendency toward mamn-rism is evidciu in 

 Zaccagnini's portr.iil of j'ins iX u.sed for the gold 

 scud(j (fig. 5,S). Ihr same prelerenee l<ir minuteness 



Fig. 58.— Pai'AI. Romk, Pus I\, gokl scudo, year \'III, 



i8-)3, Bnlogiui iniiit '-"^ 



(.\utlioi's |>holo) 



of detail is employed with biiici- results on a mcd.il 

 irom year \'II dig. 5')) wherein design and plastic 

 treatment suggest a ps\chological insight. Xever- 



Fig. ,5<). — Papal Romi-, Pius IX. mrikik \iMr \'II [i8'-,3|; 



view of \'ia .\|)|)ia '■" 



(Div. of Niiinisin.uics pholo) 



dielcss, the deliialcK engraved fealuiis conlrasi 



Bound by the same formalism, but indicating a unplcisaully with ihc massive jaw, m.idc more 

 much higher sensitivity, are the portraits of Pop<- Pius conspicuous b\ the superhi i.il lir.iimem ol the surlaee 

 IX by Bonfiglio Zaccagnini. who signeil the dies for of the right check. 



•-' RZ fig- 605. 



12« CMf, vok 17, coin 12; .Serafini, pi. \M, coin 17; Spa/iani- 

 Tksta, / Romnni Pmilrf.ci, p. 129, coin 2411; D.wc.ni'ort, Eutii- 

 prati Cioiviis, coin I'M. 



i'APER 3.5: riALIAN COIN ENGRA\'i:RS SINCK 18(10 



!-•; /(/>.!/, vol. 6, p. 712. 



1-'^ (;.\/, \'ol. 1", 1 oin ini; .Si R,.\riNi, p. P^O, coin ^11. 



I-" 1>atkicn.\nt. A'CAA (I'lr:), p. ■"'). 



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