San Marino

2011

Commemorative coin

500th anniversary of the birth of the Italian painter Giorgio Vasari

Official Journal of the European Union

The 500th anniversary of the birth of the Italian painter Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511-27 June 1574). Vasari was also a writer, historian and architect, famous for his biographies of Italian artists, and he is now considered the ideological founder of art-historical writing. The inner part of the coin shows a detail from the painting ‘Judith and Holofernes’ by Giorgio Vasari. At the bottom are the dates ‘1511-2011’, with ‘G. Vasari’ and the mint mark ‘R’ on the left. On the right are the inscriptions ‘San Marino’ and ‘C.M.’, the initials of the mint maker Claudia Momoni. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was an architect, court painter to the Medici and biographer of Italian artists. The coin design was based on his painting "Judith beheaded Holofernes", which he created in 1554.

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