A medal with the likeness of "fra mauro
of the venetian monastery of st. Michael in murano, of the camaldolese orden, an incomparable cosmographer". Produced ca. 1459, soon after fra mauro's death. The medal has been attributed by some researchers to giovanni boldù. It is presently in the city museum of venice. (see piero falchetta (2006), p. 145). Date: Original medal, ca. 1459; reproduction in a book 1806.
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