Giulio della Torre
Giulio della Torre (* around 1480 probably in Verona ; † after 1531 probably in Padua ) was an Italian law scholar and hobby medalist .
He was the second son and the fourth child of the then very popular doctor Girolamo della Torre and his wife Beatrice di Giovanni Benintendi. In 1504 he married Anza di Guidantonio Maffei, with whom he had four children. He was successively a lawyer in Verona and a professor of civil law at the University of Padua and, in addition, maintained good relations with various Venetian officials.
Della Torre is best known today for the medals he made between 1519 and 1529 , on which he portrayed his family members, colleagues and a few other contemporaries as a dilettante . Although he probably did not have any special training from a recognized medalist , his work is solidly done. You can find them today in almost all large coin and sculpture collections.
He often signed his medals with abbreviations or his full name.
literature
- Lore Börne, From Pisani to Selvi. Forty masterpieces of Italian medal art of the Renaissance and Baroque , in: Das Kabinett 2, Münzkabinett der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1995
Individual evidence
- ↑ DELLA TORRE GIULIO. Biographies of Italian medalists and engravers. Vittorio Lorioli, accessed October 15, 2014 (Italian).
- ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Torre, Giulio Della. Volume VI. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1916, p. 114 ff .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Torre, Giulio della |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian legal scholar, medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1480 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1531 |
| Place of death | Padua |