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Cook Islands 5 dollars Vatican Art Apollo Belvedere silver coin 2009
Cook Islands 5 dollars Vatican Art Apollo Belvedere silver coin 2009[CK92] Cook Islands 5 dollars Vatican Art Apollo Belvedere silver coin 2009. The masterpieces of art kept in the Vatican Museum are celebrated works of famous masters of painting and sculpture of the Renaissance mainly. Many antique statues discovered in that period are included to the collection too as the standards for the painters and sculptors of the Renaissance era. One of such statues is the white marble Apollo of the Belvedere, found in Italy in the late XV century. The beautiful statue now is kept at the Museum of
Cook Islands, $5, Vatican Art The Pieta, Swarovski crystal, silver coin, 2009
Cook Islands, $5, Vatican Art The Pieta, Swarovski crystal, silver coin, 2009The coin issued by the Cook Islands depicts the popular masterpiece of Italian art now stored in the Vatican City St. The marble statue called The Pieta in Italian manner is a work of celebrated Renaissance master Michelangelo. Biblical theme of Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus after the Crucifixion is very often for European art. Its better known as Lamentation in English. The silver collectible coin shows the view of the Michelangelos work on the reverse just as the rest pieces of the same series do with
Cook Islands, $5, Vatican Art Laokoon, Swarovski crystals, silver coin, 2011
Cook Islands, $5, Vatican Art Laokoon, Swarovski crystals, silver coin, 2011Face Value : 5.0. Metal Purity : Ag 999. The next piece of the stunning series dedicated to the Museum of Vatican depicts the Laokoon and his sons entwined by the serpents. The famous ancient marble sculpture has numerous references in the art and literature from Greeks to the modern era and is one of the most recognizable statues in the world. The obverse of the coin made in rectangular shape has the effigy of the Queen Elizabeth II as the head of the Commonwealth and the Cook Islands in
Cook Islands 2009 $5 Vatican Art The Pieta Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2009 $5 Vatican Art The Pieta Silver CoinLow mintage limit, only 5,000!! In with capsule +. Gold Gilded with Svarowski Crystal Inserted. The Pietà (Italian: [pjeta]; 14981499) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, was made for the cardinal’s funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel
Cook Islands 2009-2011 4×5$ Vatican Art 4 Silver Coin Set
Cook Islands 2009-2011 4×5$ Vatican Art 4 Silver Coin SetLOW mintage limit, only 5,000! Certificate of Authenticity + BOX. Gold Gilded with Svarowski Crystal Inserted. The Pietà (Italian: [pjeta]; 14981499) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, was made for the cardinal’s funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first
Cook Islands 2011 $5 Vatican Art Laocoon Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2011 $5 Vatican Art Laocoon Silver CoinLow mintage limit, only 5,000!! In with capsule +. Gold Gilded with Svarowski Crystal Inserted. This statue group was found in 1506 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome and immediately identified as the Laocoön described by Pliny the Elder as a masterpiece of the sculptors of Rhodes. The story is that during the Trojan War, Laocoön, a priest of Apollo in the city of Troy, warned his fellow Trojans against taking in the wooden horse left by the Greeks outside the city gates. Athena and Poseidon, who were favouring the Greeks, sent
