Italy. Medal

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDAL
Silver 986‰ enamelled in 2 colors
Diameter 50 mm
Weight g 50
Limited edition of only 299 numbered pieces from 001 to 299
Numbered guarantee certificate from IPZS
Protected by an elegant transparent Plexiglas case and placed in a handcrafted box lined with fine velvet

Obverse: half-portrait of Alessandro Manzoni, in the background a view of Lake Como. On the rim: “150th Anniversary of Alessandro Manzoni”.

Reverse: at the center the figures of Renzo and Lucia, inspired by the illustrations from “The Betrothed” by Nino and Silvio Gregori, Edizioni San Paolo. The sperada or raggera on Lucia’s head is part of the hairstyle described in the novel “The Betrothed”; at the bottom an open book recalls the written work of Manzoni.

On the rim: “Love one another as companions on a journey”.

At the bottom center the author’s signature.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PICTOGRAPHY
Base of the plaque in lime and plaster
Color pigments resistant over time
Formally worked individually by hand
Pictography is a technique patented by Bottega Tifernate. For the fresco the same type of lime used by Giotto for his paintings is used, a lime free of salts and alkalis which otherwise, over time, could “corrode” and thus deteriorate the work. The realization is carried out fresco so as to allow the color to become one with the pigment of the lime as it dries. The colors are oxide-based and therefore do not vary in intensity over time. Each panel is worked individually and retouched by hand by expert painters with academic training.

The numbered guarantee certificate
The Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, through the guarantee and authenticity certificate, attests to the provenance and technical characteristics of the work, the dimensions, the weight, the silver content, the limited edition, the authors and the event celebrated. All as testimony to the very high artistic value of the master engravers of the School of Medal Art at the Mint.

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