San Marino

2013

Commemorative coin

500th anniversary of the death of the Italian painter Pinturicchio

Official Journal of the European Union

In the foreground, the fresco ‘Christ among the doctors’; in the lower part, the inscription ‘SAN MARINO’ in semi-circle; to the left, the letter ‘R’, which is the Italian mint mark; below the fresco, the name of the author ‘MOMONI’; above the fresco, the inscription ‘PINTURICCHIO’ in semi-circle with the years ‘1513’ and ‘2013’ below it. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

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Bernardino di Betto di Biagio (≈1452-1513), called Pinturicchio, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. His graceful, colourful frescoes, richly decorated with ornamentation, underline the decorative effect of the painting. He was also involved in the painting of the Sistine Chapel in Rome from 1482. The commemorative coin commemorating the 500th anniversary of his death shows a section of the fresco "The 12-year-old Jesus among the scribes" from the Cappella Baglioni of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Spello, created in 1501.

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