Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 16 17 Apr 2018
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Commemorative Medals, Foreign Medals, Italy, Vatican, Clement XI (1649-1700-1721), Giovanni Francesco Albani, silver prize medal of the Accademia di San Luca, 1704, by Ermenegildo [obv.] and Giovanni [rev.] Hamerani, set within frame in form of outer rim, bust right wearing tiara and cope, rev. St Luke, seated at easel, paints the Virgin and Child, legend also on added outer rim, OMNIB: HIC. ERIT VNVS. HONOS. TRES. PRÆMIA. PRIMI. ACCIPIENT. VIRG: / ACADEMIA PICTOR SCVLPTOR ET ARCHITECT VRBIS. 1704, 68mm. (cf. Ciech. 267-68; cf. Roma 161; cf. Michael Hall Collection, Pt. II, Baldwin 66, 29 June, 2010 (lot 1227 – this silver, 1703, with gilt outer rim), extremely fine and extremely rare
*ex Baldwin's vault
The Accademia di San Luca was founded in 1593 as an association of artists in Rome, under the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of 'artists', which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. The reverse image was designed by Giovanni Hamerani in 1694, taken from a painting by il Guercino [Giovanni Francesco Barbieri], and was used for the first time for the Centenary Competition in 1695. The competition was intended as an annual event but was not always so. The prizes, when awarded, were given in three classes in the three disciplines of painting, sculpture and architecture. Whilst the Michael Hall Collection included four variations of the prize medals, none was dated 1704.
(700-1000 GBP)
*ex Baldwin's vault
The Accademia di San Luca was founded in 1593 as an association of artists in Rome, under the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of 'artists', which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. The reverse image was designed by Giovanni Hamerani in 1694, taken from a painting by il Guercino [Giovanni Francesco Barbieri], and was used for the first time for the Centenary Competition in 1695. The competition was intended as an annual event but was not always so. The prizes, when awarded, were given in three classes in the three disciplines of painting, sculpture and architecture. Whilst the Michael Hall Collection included four variations of the prize medals, none was dated 1704.
(700-1000 GBP)