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2 euros coin 2017 San Marino – 750th Anniversary of Giottos Birth

UNC 2 euros coin in coin card.
Diameter – 25.75mm
Thickness – 2.2mm
Weight – 8.5gr 75%
copper – 25% nickel clad on nickel core
Mintage: 70 500 pieces
Date of issue: 30.03.2017

Description

Giotto di Bondone
Giotto was born in a village near Florence, Italy, around 1267, the son of a poor shepherd. Little is known about his early life or his beginnings as an artist, but it is known that at some point he became a student of famous Italian painter Giovanni Cimabue. It is also known that he introduced an entirely new style of painting to Italy. Prior to Giotto, Italian painters portrayed subjects in a flat, unrealistic manner. Giotto, on the other hand, painted solid, natural-looking forms. For example, to show how light shines on an object in nature, he illuminated one side of the object while painting the other side of it in shadow.

Giotto produced a great number of works during his lifetime, but very few survive. It is believed, but not proven, that he first participated in the decoration of the Upper Church at Assisi. Scenes from the Life of Christ, Legend of St. Francis, and Isaac and Esau have all been attributed to Giotto, but no conclusive evidence as to the authenticity of the claims exists. The earliest work known to have been created by Giotto was the mosaic of the Navicella, now in St. Peter’s at Rome, executed about 1300. He also worked on frescoes in the Lateran Basilica, but those works have been lost.