of the kint;. W'itli the exceiiticiii ol twn iiicd.ils in 

 1836,-'* on which Michcle Lnuchtina's signature is 



sn<4a;ests that this honui was licslowcci on a single 

 capable artist. I5ecanse ('anielin re\eal-~ sik h hiuh 



followed l)V V. CATENACCI DIR., all the nthei- medals qnalitv in his sii^ned work and because he was a 

 bear onl\- the sisnatnre of the anisl, aec cinipanied favorite of Rct;a, we feel s.ile in avsnniin<_; that Car- 



occassionalh- b\- the name of the director of the mint. riello was ihe artist assigned to llii> projcei. I'inallv. 



Baron Franc<-sco (accarelli. 



Fig. 87. — Xapi i-.s. FF:RDiNANn II. puisira, 1843 -'» 

 (Div. of Xumismatics photo) 



Amonc; the earlier portraits in this series is the 

 head of Ferdinand IF trsed on the largest denomina- 

 tions in !;i)ld, siher, and copper between bS3'' and 

 1S31 (he;'. 87). Although certain similarities with 



Fig. 



-Naples, Ferdinand II. obveisc olpiriiiium iru'dal 

 1839 ="■ 

 (Photo Iroin Ritciardi) 



d'Andrca's earlier mentioned work (liti;. 86) cannot 

 be denied, we are inclined to attribtite this unsi<.;ned 

 portrait to Andrea Clarriello. Several reasons sn|> 

 port this contention. The fact that the lar'^er coins 

 all carried the .same portrait betwren bS3'> and 18-^'> 



2" RicciARDi, medals 163, Ui4. 



21^ Cagiati, fasc. 5, coin 15; DTnoi kti. A'/ \ (19.S')), p. 120, 

 coin 18.1; Davenport, F.uralniiii Cnm-'i^, miii 174. 

 -"' RicerARDi, medal 240. 



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as snpporlinL; evidcaiee. a ])rrmimn medal (h^. .SS). 

 definitely \_)\ (^nriello, piesents ,in .dmovl idcailieal 

 portrait. 



.■\ series of e;irlier porlr.iits of I'r;incis I and of 

 young Ferdin.md II '■' esl.iblisheil ('arriello .is the 

 most sensili\i- porliailisl in (he whole yi'onp (hi;. 8')). 



\ 



Fig. 8f). — .Xaples. CIarii I 1 n's I'iksi Medal, obverse 



dedii .lied to fi.iiu is I | 1830] -'''~ 



( I'lioio lioin Ricei.irdi) 



A fine interplay ol planes, elleclively .iceenln.ded by 

 a few shadows, among which are snbtlely interwoven 

 spiritual and emotional expressions, denoir a masier 

 of portrait engraving. Sntfnsed with w.irm. deep 

 feeling his work rnns coinuer to the conwailion.ilism 

 of an oflici.il pi irtr.iit. 



Fig. <|0. — Naples, I'erdin \m> II. 30 ducats. i8-,2-'" 

 (Div. ol Xuniisnialiis pliolo) 



One of the most realistic works in this series is a 

 iiortr.iit of Ferdinand II th;il w.is w-.nl onlv on the 

 :iold 30-dnc;it |)ii-ces between 1830 M\i\ 1832 (fig. ''0). 



= 1" Rk:c:e\rdi. medals 15", \<>(k 1'>". 



■'■'* Ibid., medal 157. 



219 C:.\<;rATi, fasr. 5, i oin 1 1; DlMMnrE A'/\(r»5')). |) KH, 



coin 1 27. 



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