Historical
and Commemorative Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss
GIOVANNI NICCOLÓ BARINTI
PIERI, Giovan Francesco: Italy,
1726, Bronze, 88 mm Giovanni Niccoló Barinti (1681-1731) was born in
Civitavecchia, a seaport town of the province of Rome in the central Italian
region of Latium. He was a theologian, musician and renowned orator,
speaking from pulpits in Italy, including ones in Florence. The medal
commemorates one of his trips to Florence which he made in 1726. He died
unexpectedly in 1731 from a fever. The reverse of the medal, which depicts
the biblical story of Moses striking a rock and making the waters flow,
alludes to Barinti’s great oratorical powers. |
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