103357 | ITALY, FINLAND & SWEDEN. Leonardo da Vinci three-piece bronze Medal.

103357  |  ITALY, FINLAND & SWEDEN. Leonardo da Vinci three-piece bronze Medal. Issued 1974 for the 455th anniversary of the death of the High Renaissance polymath (59mm, 336.8 g, 12h). By Kauko Räsänen for Sporrong in Norrtälje.

 

Top piece, obverse: LEONARDO DA VINCI, fourfold face of an older da Vinci, borrowed from a self-portrait, with movement from left to right showing an increasingly open mouth and angrily widening and narrowing of the eyes // Top piece, reverse: The position of man in the cosmos: Incuse square, astronaut standing facing, with face partially hidden and with arms outstretched in the style of da Vinci's Vitruvian Man; to left, small sphere containing smaller figure with arms similarly outstretched. /// Middle piece, obverse: Raised square, with da Vinci gazing to right, showing increasingly smaller reflections as one moves inward—a symbol of his enduring legacy // Middle piece, reverse: Raised square, with da Vinci's architectural designs and inventions: glider spiral (helicopter), parachute, repeating cannon (machine gun), armored car, waterwheel, submarine, diving suit, etc., with his birth year (1452) and death year (1519) in field to left and right, respectively. /// Bottom piece, obverse: Horse galloping left, with nude male rider looking right—a paraphrase of the equestrian monument planned and sketched by da Vinci for Duke Francesco Sforza // Bottom piece, reverse: Incuse square featuring facing female head modeled after the Mona Lisa, with her skull superimposed to and facing left—a symbol of the transience of life. Edge: 0726•5000 / SPORRONG.

 

Hackl & Klose 63. As Made. Deep brown surfaces, with some lighter hues in the recesses. An extraordinary work of modern medallic art in triplicate.

 

The very definition of a Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci excelled in seemingly all aspects, with this complex, three-part medal by Räsänen capturing many of those important areas.

 

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