Description

Artist: Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini

Obverse

Depicts a vessel sailing floating under the twelve stars of the European Union, representing Europe. The issue year on the left, the monogram of the Italian Republic (RI) on the right, and the engraver's name below.

2010 RI
E. L. FRAPICCINI

Reverse

Depicts a detail of the painting “Rózsi Szinyei Merse, the Artist's Daughter” (1897) by the Hungarian artist Pal Szinyei Merse, with the inscription in Italian "Europe of Arts" above, the value on the right, mintmark (R) on the left, and the painter's name below.

Pál Szinyei Merse (1845-1920) was a Hungarian painter and art educator. Erzsébet (1881–1952) was painted by her father in 1897 with a flower in her hand and a hat on her head. In the family, she was only called Rózsi.

EUROPA DELLE ARTI
R
50
EURO
P. SZINYEI MERSE

Edge

50 Euro

Europe of Arts
Hungary - Pál Szinyei Merse

Subscribe series
KM# 336
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Gold
Fineness 0.900
Weight 16.129 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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