Object Description
175 GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO TROMBELLI (1697- 1784), Jesuit, classicist 1784
Obv. Bust to left, wearing cap and mozzetta. Around, D . IO . CHRYS . TROMBELLI BON . AB . EXG . CAN . R . OB . A . 1784 AET . 87
Rev. Inscription, POETICA | THEOLOGICA | HISTORICA . ASCETICA | SCRIPTA . EDIDIT | MVSEVM . CONDIDIT | BIBLIOTHECAM | CODICIBVS | AVXIT
Bronze, 62 mm.
As in nos. 173 and 174, Fantuzzi here (Vol. 8, 1790, p. 125) says this medal was commissioned by Zanetti, and not made by him: "il padre abate Luigi Mingarelli e il Sig. Giulio Zanetti . . . gli fecero fondere una medaglia . . . e nel rovescio si legge questo verso: 'FERTILIS ET VARIUS, NAM BENE CULTUS AGER.'" This latter inscription refers to another medal of the sitter. This reference was discovered by Dr. Ulrich Middeldorf.
Bibl.: Zanetti 4, p. 3; Durand, p. 204, pl. 15, 1.