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On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Royal Academy Prize Medal

Medal
1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pingo, Thomas (medallist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Pingo was born in Italy but worked in England. He was a superb modeller. This medal captures the muscular form and power of the Belvedere Torso, an ancient Greek work that was greatly admired by Michelangelo. Edward Hodges Baily, the recipient of the medal, was later responsible for the statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square. The legend on the rim reads: ‘Awarded to Edward Hodges Baily for the Best Model of an Academy Figure, 10 December 1809’.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Coins & Medals
Medallions
Object type
Medal
TitleRoyal Academy Prize Medal (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver, struck
Silver
Brief description
Medal, silver, England (London) by Thomas Pingo, 1770
Physical description
Medal, silver. Obverse side, Head of George II to right. Inscription, GEORGIVS III. D.G. MAGN. BRIT. FR. ET. HIB. REX. Signed T.PINGO F. Reverse. Representation of the Torso Belvedere. Inscription: STVDY and in exergue: R.AC.INSTITVTED 1768. Rim inscribed: TO EDWD HODGES BAILY FOR THE BEST MODEL OF AN ACADEMY FIGURE DECR. 10. 1809.
Royal Academy prize medal by Thomas Pingo.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.4cm
Object history
Purchased from Alberto Colzi.
Subjects depicted
Torso
George III
Summary
Pingo was born in Italy but worked in England. He was a superb modeller. This medal captures the muscular form and power of the Belvedere Torso, an ancient Greek work that was greatly admired by Michelangelo. Edward Hodges Baily, the recipient of the medal, was later responsible for the statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square. The legend on the rim reads: ‘Awarded to Edward Hodges Baily for the Best Model of an Academy Figure, 10 December 1809’.
Bibliographic references
  • Brown, Laurence. A Catalogue of British Historical Medals 1760-1960, London, 1980, Vol. 1, p. 31, no. 133.
  • Gunnis, Rupert. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, London, 1951, p. 32.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.11-1972

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Record createdMay 4, 2005
Record URL
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