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Medals
Reference:6320 Michelangelo's Tondo: Royal Academy of Arts , 1984
The Virgin and Child with the infant St John.
Monogram of Michelangelo.
By Arnold Machin.
Silver (99 grammes in weight).
64 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine
Notes:
The Taddei Tondo is in the permanent collection of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and is the only marble relief by Michelangelo in the United Kingdom.
This silver medal is contained within its Royal Academy of Arts fitted case and is accompanied by a card embossed with the arms of the RA and signed by the artist, Arnold Machin, who was a designer of coins as well as medals.