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New Member
Hungary
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Hi collectors,
I got this medal about 20 years ago and still have no idea if genuine or not.Also I would highly appreciate any description about the medal , what representing,when and where was minted.
Thank you in advance.
draglion
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New Member
 Hungary
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just forgot to upload the pictures...   |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Hi Draglion,
Only reference to Daniel de Hanna I can find...
Translate this page on Google via "daniel de hanna" search
bunka.nii.ac.jp
Looks like the same medallion. Has a communist feel to the reverse.
Nice find but would be interesting to find out who he was?
Mike.
Edited by MikeG
01/11/2012 11:13 am
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New Member
Hungary
27 Posts |
Found the following information :
''This is a bronze medal made by Leone Leoni (1509-1590) in the middle of the 16th century Italy. The obverse of this medal represents Daniel de Hanna and the ...''? ...no more information, the website missing....
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
128 Posts |
Looks like the same Japanese link that I got Draglion.
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New Member
Hungary
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Thank you Mike, http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...=2&hl=hu&ct=I remember, I have searched for Daniel de Hanna a few years ago but got no results , the above mentioned link is the only one what I found today. Do you really think that the obverse representing a communist scene ? I supposed that could be some kind of torturing machines of wheel of fortune. Going to search for more information :-) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This got me curious, and I did a search too. I did not find the same exact medal, but there is one listed in this archive.. I also think the reverse depicts some instrument of torture, such as a "rack". Daniel de Hanna may be a religious martyr. Overall, the style appears to me to be High Renaissance Italy or later (1500 AD onwards) |
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New Member
Hungary
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New Member
Hungary
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found another information : 285. Danieled'HaonaOvd'Anna. 04c. Bust r., in tunic and furred cloak, bare-headed. DANIEL DE HANNA - Ssv. Woman r., mounting on a wheel which is turnnil by another wuiuan I., naked. http://www.archive.org/stream/aguid...oog_djvu.txtStill no idea who was Daniel de Hanna ... a nobleman from Venezia ? |
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New Member
Hungary
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FOUND IT : '' Leone portrayed a number of celebrities besides those whom
I have mentioned, and he was specially successful with certain members of the Hanna family.Martin de Hanna was a wealthy Flemish merchant who settled at Venice.We have medals of him(Plate XVIII.5), of his sons Daniel and John, and of Paul the son of John, all probably from Leone'shand, and all singularly attractive.A medal of Titian is also, without much reason, attributed to Leone,and he signed one of Vasari. Contemporary with Leone Leoni is another famous Milanese medallist, Jacopo Nizolla of Trezzo.'' http://www.scribd.com/doc/34182407/...-Renaissance |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Well done draglion.
"Do you really think that the obverse representing a communist scene ? I supposed that could be some kind of torturing machines of wheel of fortune."
You are obviously right; I first thought it could have represented toil, hard work, etc. as found on some communist pictures, etc. of the 20th Century. It certainly is a little weird.
Mike.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I thought I saw a figure wrapped around the wheel, which reminded me of this--a bit graphic, sorry.  |
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New Member
Hungary
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Hi DVCollector,
I found that medal also and quickly directed me to search for Leoni, I think your idea about that Daniel was a martyr was a good chain to search for more information, the only thing that was not so evident, how Daniel can be an Italian martyr if his name wasn't converted to Italian.The Papal State accepted only
Latin name versions for martyrs if I'm not wrong.
Tried to translate his name in Latin but I found no results.
Anyway he was a ''simple'' nobleman from Venice, without any importance for future recognisement, that's why there's no any information about him, just the artist is important for our era :-)
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New Member
Hungary
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Mike,
Thank you.
History can be repeated :-)
I was born and raised in a communist country and that's why I found no similarity with the medal's theme. But the truth is that can be very confuse...the only one aspect which excluded it was the two nude humans having a little sexual orientation, that was uncommon in a communist era.
Nude humans were represented as a powerful muscled devoted persons, except motherhood, when somtimes women were represented nude or partially nude.
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New Member
Hungary
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Hi DVCollector,
I also suspected that backside is a kind of ''hell scene'' or dungeon image :-)
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