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Florian Antonini and the Palazzo Antonini, Udine

2111. Florian Antonini and the Palazzo Antonini, Udine, c.1550
Draped bust of Florian Antonini. FLORIANVS ANTONINVS ANDRAEA F.
Façade of the Palazzo Antonini, which was designed by Andea Palladio. AETERNITATI SACRVM.
Unsigned (by Giovanni Cavino).
Bronze, cast. 37 mm. in diameter.
Almost very fine and a nice cast of this rare medal.
Sorry this item is sold.
References: Armand I ; Muzeo Mazzuchelli plate LXIV / 5.
Notes: The Antonini were a celebrated aristocratic family from Udine and Florian was a patron of the architect Andrea Palladio. The beginning of construction of the Palazzo Antonini dates to the 1550s, contemporaneous with the construction of the Arco Bollani.
Florian Antonini is reported as having continued the tradition of minting a foundation medal for the Palazzo, possibly in the form of this medal. In 1559 the palace was already partially inhabitable, but in 1563 building works were still in progress.

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-- BOOKS BY CHRISTOPHER EIMER --
British Commemorative Medals and their Values (1987)
An Introduction to Commemorative Medals (1989)
The Medallic Portraits of the Duke of Wellington (1994)
The Pingo Family and Medal Making in Eighteenth-Century Britain (1998)