tenth wvcldiiit; anni\crs,iry in l'M7 (li;;. 137). Rem- 

 iniscent of the !:;race and beauty of C:aeciHa Cionza^a 

 on a medal en<;rn\-ecl lj\- Antnnio Pisano (called 

 "Pisancllo") in 144^ (firr. 138) or of Giovanna 





Fig. 137. — It.\i V. inrdal, cummemorating Laciizia 



SdV(iiiii(i-( ;iaiiipaiili, 1047 '^" 



(Ph.itn Iroin /.\") 



Albizzi l)\' Xieolo I'iorentino some decades later,'" 

 this medal apparenth' was valued highly by the artist 

 himself. Ten years later, llie same motif appears on 

 the obverse of the 5()(l-lire piece of T'SS (lii;. 136), 

 for which the sculptor Guido \'eroi contiibuied a 

 reverse representing; the three "caravelle" of C!olum- 

 bus. C!ompared with the medal, the coin loses much 

 of the original be.iut\' through a more linear treatment 

 of design. Xe\"ertheless the charm of the figure and 

 the piu'itv of the composition mark this coin image as 



one ol tlie respleudinl cre.uiuns in uiotleru (i)in 

 cngra\ing. The cnnip-aMiinu, h()we\er, .md tin' sur- 

 rounding circle of shields were the subject of much 

 controvers\-. Criticism wis broiiuhl ui bear especiallv 



Fig. 138. — Mia:i.\L or C^reii r\ Go\/,\o,\ bv .XiUonin Pisano, 



1.147 '••' 

 (Phoio fnim Hill) 



against the heraldic incorrectness of s])eciric coats 

 of arms. ^^^ Undoubtedlv these escutcheons are super- 

 fluous additions which diminish rather than enhance 

 the beaiitv of liie coin. i'unelioii.ilK thi- < ircle re- 

 places the inscription .is an enclosure, an essential 

 element in Renaissance medal engraving, but in this 

 case the shields, wliich .ire iiior<- subsl.mii.il ih.m a 

 row of letters, \\eiL;li he i\il\- on the rest o|' the coiu- 

 |)osition. File pure line of tlie center design re([uir<'s 

 a less elaborate Iraming. 



33" Published in /.\' (1052), no. 2, p. 13. 



331 Hill, pi. U.t, mc-dai 1021. 



332 Ibid., pi. 8, medal .57. 



333 PizZDLi-Lii'oKi.M. /-\' (1')-t8), p. 66; |.\non.,l ".Xostrc 

 osscrvazicjni sulle nioncte da 51)1) lire," /.\ (1958), p. 66. 



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