Ferdinando Carlo
Medal
1639 (dated)
1639 (dated)
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This medal, dated 1639 is made by medallist Johann Jakob Kornmann in Italy and it depicts the bust of Ferdinando Carlo to the left in robes.
Ferdinando Carlo was a philosopher of Parma.
The medallist Kornmann, of Augsburg origin, was a goldsmith, working in Italy durin the first half of the 17th century and became later a medallist at the Papal Mint in Rome. He committed suicide in the Capitoline Prison where he had been committed by the Inquisition for doing a medal of Innocent X and his mistress Olimpia Maldaldini.
Ferdinando Carlo was a philosopher of Parma.
The medallist Kornmann, of Augsburg origin, was a goldsmith, working in Italy durin the first half of the 17th century and became later a medallist at the Papal Mint in Rome. He committed suicide in the Capitoline Prison where he had been committed by the Inquisition for doing a medal of Innocent X and his mistress Olimpia Maldaldini.
Object details
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| Title | Ferdinando Carlo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, bronze, depicting Ferdinando Carlo, by Johann Kornmann, Italy, 1639 |
| Physical description | Medal depicts Ferdinando Carlo, philosopher of Parma. On the obverse: FERDIN . CAROLVS.PHILOSOPHVS.PARM.A.AET.LX. Bust to the left in robes. Signed below CORNMAN. On the reverse: PONDERIBVS . LIBERATA . SVIS. In the exergue is the date M . DC. XXXIX. A clock with long weights hanging on a mossy wall. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Max Rosenheim F.S.A. Art Fund support |
| Object history | Given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A., through the National Art Collection Fund |
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| Summary | This medal, dated 1639 is made by medallist Johann Jakob Kornmann in Italy and it depicts the bust of Ferdinando Carlo to the left in robes. Ferdinando Carlo was a philosopher of Parma. The medallist Kornmann, of Augsburg origin, was a goldsmith, working in Italy durin the first half of the 17th century and became later a medallist at the Papal Mint in Rome. He committed suicide in the Capitoline Prison where he had been committed by the Inquisition for doing a medal of Innocent X and his mistress Olimpia Maldaldini. |
| Bibliographic reference | List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Years 1905 - 1908. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, During the Year 1906, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition with Appendix and Indices. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, 1909, p. 69 |
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| Accession number | 381-1906 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2009 |
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