fme_1125574 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Hommage à Felice Carrone, marquis de San Tommaso
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Type : Médaille, Hommage à Felice Carrone, marquis de San Tommaso
Date: 1843
Metal : copper
Diameter : 63,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver FERRARIS Giuseppe (1791-1869)
Weight : 127,29 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec quelques taches d’oxydation et marques d’usure. Aspect irisé au revers. Fines rayures
Catalogue references :
Musée du LouvreOAP 3324
Obverse
Obverse legend : FELICE M. DI - SAN TOMASO.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à gauche, signé sur le tranché du cou : G. FERRARIS F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPERANZA / DELLE PATRIE LETTERE / DELIZIE / DELLA MADRE INFELICE / MDCCCXLIII.
Reverse description : Légende en 5 lignes.
Commentary
Médaille commandée à Ferraris par la mère de Felice Carrone pour la distribuer à ses proches.
Medal commissioned from Ferraris by Felice Carrone's mother to distribute to her relatives
Medal commissioned from Ferraris by Felice Carrone's mother to distribute to her relatives
Historical background
ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II
(1824-1859)
Leopold II of Tuscany (1797-1870) was the son of Ferdinand III of Tuscany (1769-1824) and Louise of the Two Sicilies (1773-1802). He is the nephew of Emperor Francis I of Habsburg. His sister, Thérèse, married Charles-Albert of Sardinia. He is an ultra-conservative. He succeeded his father in 1824. He was forced to abdicate in 1859 in favor of his son Ferdinand IV (1835-1908) who was himself overthrown the following year. Victor-Emmanuel II becomes king of unified Italy in 1861.
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