Date
1768
Object Type
Medal
Subject
Holding institution
Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara
About The Work
Medal awarded by the "Accademia Pictorum, Sculptorum et Architectorum Urbis Romae" to Carlo Pius Balestra for civic and artistic merits.
Obverse: Portrait of Carlo Pio Balestra in right profile. Circular inscription: "CAROL. PIUS. BALESTRA. CIV. ROM. BONIS. ARTIBUS."; below the center, the artist’s signature: "B. PERGER F."
Reverse: At the center is Minerva, protector of the arts, seated and leaning on a shield. On the left, a winged putto holds a crown; at the base, a palette with brushes and a sculpted head. Circular inscription: "ACCAD. PICTOR. SCULPTOR. ET ARCHIT. URBIS." On the shield: "ROMA / POTESTAS"; below the base of the putto, signature: "E.P.F."
Obverse: Portrait of Carlo Pio Balestra in right profile. Circular inscription: "CAROL. PIUS. BALESTRA. CIV. ROM. BONIS. ARTIBUS."; below the center, the artist’s signature: "B. PERGER F."
Reverse: At the center is Minerva, protector of the arts, seated and leaning on a shield. On the left, a winged putto holds a crown; at the base, a palette with brushes and a sculpted head. Circular inscription: "ACCAD. PICTOR. SCULPTOR. ET ARCHIT. URBIS." On the shield: "ROMA / POTESTAS"; below the base of the putto, signature: "E.P.F."
Title
Prize Medal, Carlo Pio Balestra Competition Award
Date
1768
Object Type
Medal
Original Function
Prize medal
Technique / Support
Numismatic objects
Dimensions
mm 45
Holding institution
Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara
Unique identifier
ICCD_MINV_9022786622671