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50 Euros Fauna in Art - From Rococo to Macchiaioli
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Reverse description | Depiction based on the painting Il riposo by Giovanni Fattori, a leading figure of the Macchiaioli movement, showing a rural scene with a pair of oxen at rest and a peasant seated on the ground in the foreground, the original work being held in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. The denomination 50 EURO, the inscription FAUNA NELL'ARTE, the date 2015, and the Rome Mint mark R appear in the field. |
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| Mintage | 2015 R - Proof - 900 |
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Part of Italy's long-running "Fauna in Art" gold series, this 2015 issue draws on the Macchiaioli movement — a group of Tuscan painters active from the 1850s onward who rejected academic convention in favor of outdoor light studies, predating the French Impressionists by roughly a decade. The movement was largely dismissed by the Roman establishment during its peak years, which is part of the reason it remained obscure outside Italy for so long.
The series itself is a collector-market product from the outset, never intended for circulation.