Sculptor, modeler & designer
Francesca Abbate, coin modeler & engraver, fine art of medals & bars
Set of four medals celebrating Pope Francis’ first visit to Ireland since Pope John Paul II’s visit in 1979.
The Ireland Welcomes the Pope Celebration Medal set is a tribute to this momentous occasion in the life of Irish nation.
Above, it is shown the lead medal of the set, that includes three other medals, which depict Faith, Hope and Love, central themes to the Synodal process that led to his post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family.
Commemorative Golden coin for the 375° Anniversary of the birth of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientist of all time and Master
of the Mint for several important years.
The design shows Isaac Newton’s portrait alongside some references to the Quarter Guinea issued in 1718 and to the Universal law of Gravitation.
The coin also commemorates the 300th year since the British adoption of the Gold Standard, a movement in which Newton played a significant role.
Below the link to the Coins and History Magazine – Launch Edition, the London Mint official magazine Issue n°1 Spring 2017, where you can read the full article dedicated to Sir Isaac Newton 2017 Gold Quarter Guinea, on pages 20-23.
The force is represented as fortress: the moral virtue that, in times of difficulty, ensures firmness and constancy in the pursuit of the good. She’s holding a sword, girds a column with the other arm. A lion, solar symbol of strength, courage and wisdom, watches at her feet.
One of the fortress’ attributes is patience. It has an open book in her lap, from which originates a scroll showing the verse 21:19 from the Gospel of Luke: “In patientia vestra possidebitis animas vestras” (“By your perseverance you will possess your souls”).
Prosperity in its most abstract sense of opportunity, growth and gift is represented as a woman who gives money and other valuables in the days of 2017. The golden glaze branches this wealth towards the months.
Prosperity is the future, the new year, 2017 which unfolds in playful and baroque swirls, ordered dynamics that surround the central figure.
The favorable conditions will continue for all 2017, and the personal journey undertaken in 2017 will bear fruit at the end of year in a blossoming ower that explodes in all its vitality, beauty and lushness.
Those who buy or receive as a gift the Medal Calendar 2017, if only for a moment, will be the innocent child who is given the benefit of the cornucopia : 2017 with its hours, its chances and its moments of happiness.
Or he can be himself the flower that blooms in December.
Obverse: portrait of the architect Mario Botta (Mendrisio, 1º aprile 1943). Around: “Mario Botta”
Reverse: internal and glazed dome of the MART-Museum of modern and contemporary art, Trento and Rovereto, Italy.
Around: “The man inhabits when he is able to orient in space. M.Heidegger”
The medal represents two souls who belong to two different plans: symbols of the suffering unit and the treating unit. The plans meet at the close of their hands: a symbol not only of medical and nursing care, but also a psychological
and emotional accompaniment as a sign of civilization and expression of love and solidarity among human beings.
Support, dialogue, listening to not leave the sick person alone in their difficult path.
The creative act of the artist is symbolized by the circle. It comes to life from the heart and expressive instance of the artist, it is developed through practice and manuality and comes back to the mind for a continuous refinement. Within this virtuous circle it takes shape Excellence (Acanthus).
On the link below, you can view the bronze medal created by the Fonderia artistica della Zecca, modeled and adapted by the students of the S.A.M. on a project by Francesca Abbate.
https://www.instagram.com/fondazionecologni/
Detail of the plaster model of a silver bar, representing a boy kneeling on the ground.
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Detail representing the Sacred Love from the painting “Sacred and Profane Love” (1514) by Titian (1488-1576).