the same year.''-"* We .nc iiulinfd to .issunic ilui 

 the vvell-designrd and plcis.iiii reverses of the Xeapul- 

 itan silver coins as well as the standint; divinity 

 (fig. 75) used on the rexerse ol' the '^old eoinai;c 

 during those years were all his work. Lhiassnniinyly 

 he continued his activity after Rega's dealh, assislinu 

 V'incenzo Clatenaeei in the lalter's work al the En- 

 gra\-ing Olhce up to his own ileatli in 1S3'). 



Fig. 84. — Naples, Francis I. reverse of ined.il, 1830 '■''■' 

 (Phiiiii Iroiii Riceiardi) 



Filippo Rega died in IS.Vi, hut his designs and 

 models continued to he used Tor many years. -"" His 

 successor at the mini was Vincenzo C^atenaeei. whose 

 signature followed by the customary dir. (c/»(.v;V = 

 directed) can he seen on medals issued during 1836.-'" 

 The coins continued to be anonvmous. 



VVe have little information about the life of C'at<'- 

 nacci -"- and his ncti\ity, beyond his l)irth in 1786 

 and his death at Naples in 1S55. Siciliano discloses 

 that he was a favorite of Rega, who promoted the 

 younger man's career at the mint.-™ In 182'), at 

 the age of 4.3, he was named on Rega's special recom- 

 mendation priruo imisorr i/ri rilli (first engraver of 

 obverses). He followed Rega to the Engraving Ofiice 

 where he worked until his death in Maieh IS.S.S. .\ 

 son, Scipionc C'atenacci, also worked as an engraxer. 



Since Vincenzo spent most of his life at the mint 

 under the spiritual t;uidanee of Rega, his acti\ily w.is 

 limited to the w(jrk of faithful co|nist and die- 

 sinker and he did not have the opportunity to develop 



his own artislic per^on.ll^y. .\one ol his uDrks (an 

 lie distin'..;uisheil by more di.in a stu<lied preiisji.n 

 in technical exeeulion. I lis pindnets are ban 11 i,| 

 the distinguisliing mark of an in(h\i(hial stvle. 



Anioni; the nied.ils ennr.ived b\ ( ^alcn.icei lidin 

 designs Ijy Reij.i e,m l)e nienlioned the lunerai medal 

 of Ferdinand 1 (bS2,Si,-"' aiiodiei' medal eonnnemo- 

 ralint; tlie reliuri oflV.nuisI frdin IV.inee.-"' llie deadi 

 medal oi the kin<^ in llic- same way,-"" \\\r ob\rr^i- ol 

 the medal connnenKiraliir^ the a( (cssion ol IVr(nnjn<l 

 II in lS3n,-"' ;nid a li-w pi i/c medals, from the 

 subject ol the |)ii-\ioiis medals il can be seen that 

 he was alw.ivs L;i\'en lli<- lii^hesl assii^nnienls e\i-n 

 though ihe qualilN ol his work did nol InIK justify it. 

 His portrails, inerl and insi^nilieanl. caiinol eom- 

 |5are with similar wurks b\' en!;ia\eis like D'Andica 

 and especially Clarriello. 'Ihe i-e\crses show iimi(<-d 

 |)lastic qualities and his lechni(|ne was nnsniied (o 

 highlighting the drama lie poinls in l\e'.;a"s original 

 draw insrs. 





Fig. 85.- NaI'M-S, ohvrrsr of mcd.il < 1 iiiiiiicniiiialiin; 



Giov.umi Balisita X'iio. i8r|.|-'"'' 



( Pliuio I'nini Rice i.irdi) 



A medal dedii.iled lo ihe NcipoHlan philosopher 

 Giovanni Ballisla \'ieo and signed onK b\ X'ineenzo 

 C^alenacci (lig. 8.S) ajipears lo be an origin. il eonipo- 

 silion of his. It can hardK be e.illed more ih.m 



i»»Prota, /JC\..V (19.11), pp. 14-17. 



i»9 RicciARDi, medal 14(). 



^iD See the mi-d.il tm IHM, (Krc;i:iAi<i)i, Hicd.il 1(.6) vvilh 

 Rega's signature. 



"■'>' Ibid., medals K.'i, 1(,4. 



■»' BDM, vol. I, p. 360, ami vol. 7, p. 1()1: 'I'iiiimi: and 

 Becker, vol. 6, p. 1K4; Horz] ni iial, p. .3(17; .Sicu i am', Mnl.n^li,- 

 .Napoh'taiif^ p. 2. 



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=1" Mfdagltr .\uJH,l,-l„n,\ p. 2. 



21M Ricei.xRnj. m<-dal 1 2'J. 



••!"'■ Ibid., medal ISI. 



-« Ibid., m.d.il 132. 



-'"■ Ibid., medal 1 38. 



2» Ibid., medal no. 2 I II. 



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