Medal for the Congress of Navigation in Milan in 1905

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Artist(s) / maker(s)

Johnson (workshop / studio)
,
Giannino Castiglioni (medalists)
,
Egidio Boninsegna (medalists)

Date

1905

Period

20th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
This plaque was designed for the 10th Congress of Navigation in Milan in 1905. The two engravers, Bonisegna (obverse) and Castiglione (reverse) linked the event to two great figures of Italian history: Columbus, explorer and Leonardo da Vinci, artist and inventor. The obverse depicts their paired busts; the reverse shows Columbus' sailing ships on one panel and Da Vinci's welcome…
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This plaque was designed for the 10th Congress of Navigation in Milan in 1905. The two engravers, Bonisegna (obverse) and Castiglione (reverse) linked the event to two great figures of Italian history: Columbus, explorer and Leonardo da Vinci, artist and inventor. The obverse depicts their paired busts; the reverse shows Columbus' sailing ships on one panel and Da Vinci's welcome in a harbour on another. The alternating direction of obverse and reverse is rather unusual in medal art.
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Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Johnson , Giannino Castiglioni , Egidio Boninsegna
Types plaques (flat objects) AAT , commemorative medals
Category medals
Material
rechthoekig met lichtjes afgeronde hoeken, de voorzijde in de hoogte en de keerzijde in de breedte weergegeven, brons, afgeronde rand
bronze AAT
Dimensions 44 x 47.7 mm
Location kunststof, inert, gesloten
Object number 1911-CC-1
Description
Subject figures (representations)
Tags merchant shipping, shipping trade Iconclass , historical person (LEONARDO DA VINCI) Iconclass , historical person (CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS) Iconclass , boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass , sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass , harbour Iconclass , navigation and manoeuvering ~ ship Iconclass , exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery Iconclass , explorer Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-CC-1
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1911-CC-1

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