San Marino

2014

Commemorative coin

500th anniversary of the death of Bramante Lazzari delle Penne di San Marino

Official Journal of the European Union

The coin depicts Bramante’s portrait, and part of Tempietto (Italian: ‘small temple’), which is a small commemorative tomb built by Donato Bramante, possibly as early as 1502, in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio and considered a masterpiece of the High Renaissance Italian architecture. The inscription ‘BRAMANTE LAZZARI DELLE PENNE DI SAN MARINO’ surrounds almost completely the design. At the left and right the years ‘1514’ and ‘2014’, respectively. At the bottom the initials of the artist ‘MCC’ (Maria Carmela Colaneri) and the mint mark. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

The commemorative coin commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Donato Bramante names the master builder born in 1444 in Monte Astrualdo near Urbino, 25 km south of San Marino, as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio, who carried the epithet Bramante, as Bramante Lazzari delle Penne from San Marino. He is considered the founder of High Renaissance architecture and designed the new building of St. Peter's Basilica, which was begun in 1506 and whose construction management was continued by Raphael after his death in 1514. The motif of the commemorative coin is the Renaissance chapel Tempietto di Bramante in Montorio and a portrait of Bramante published in 1837, an etching by J. Pofleswhite based on a painting by A. d'Estels.

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