Orietta Rossi

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This year's commemorative €2 coin from the Vatican was designed by Orietta Rossi. While writing my posts about the piece, I looked at her website for more images. Have not seen any about the VA 2011 coin, but she does have lots of images and other info online. In case anybody is interested, here is a short biography in English: http://www.oriettarossi.it/bio_Inglese.html

And here are three pages featuring her works:
(Coins) http://www.oriettarossi.it/monete.html
(Medals) http://www.oriettarossi.it/medaglie.html
(Sketches) http://www.oriettarossi.it/disegni.html

Christian

[Figleaf]

Excellent link! Thanks Christian.

While I am no admirer of the latter-day Baroque style, the portraits are jaw-droppingly good. The persons are immediately recognizable, which is hard enough on a coin, but she even succeeds in reflecting their character, especially on the medals.

Peter