Medal with bust personified of the city of Genoa

Medaglia con busto personificato della città di Genova

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It is the work of the great engraver Gerolamo Vassallo, active between the end of the 700 and the first 800. The personification of the bust with turreted head of Genua is inspired by circular models in the French medallist physiognomy of the time.