Lot 1077
1077
Vottorio Amadeo III, large silver Prize Medal for the Turin Academy, 1778, by Lorenzo Lavy, draped and cuirassed bust right, signed on truncation, rev. ALENDIS ARTIBVS PROPOSITA within wreath, 63mm., 120.71g. (U di S p.185, no.25), nearly extremely fine, very rare large portrait in silver
Vottorio Amadeo III, large silver Prize Medal for the Turin Academy, 1778, by Lorenzo Lavy, draped and cuirassed bust right, signed on truncation, rev. ALENDIS ARTIBVS PROPOSITA within wreath, 63mm., 120.71g. (U di S p.185, no.25), nearly extremely fine, very rare large portrait in silver

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Vottorio Amadeo III, large silver Prize Medal for the Turin Academy, 1778, by Lorenzo Lavy, draped and cuirassed bust right, signed on truncation, rev. ALENDIS ARTIBVS PROPOSITA within wreath, 63mm., 120.71g. (U di S p.185, no.25), nearly extremely fine, very rare large portrait in silver

Lot Essay

The first prize for the Accademia del Nudo, part of the Reale Accademia di pittura e scultura di Torino.

See also colour plate