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book,a1532medalbyGiovanniMariaMoscaPadovano,anda1533thaler
medalofSigismundIandSigismundAugustus(Fig.3-7).34Thequestionof
therecipientsofthosemedalsisofseriousimportance.Padovanowasinvited
toPolandbySigismundIorBonaSforza,andyoungAugustuscouldhardly
havehadanyimpactonthespecificsofhisvisualimage.35Hence,Sigismund
theOldshouldbealsoincludedinthelistofthemainactorsinpromotingthe
imageofhisson.Themedalswereusuallysentasgifts(Morkamentions
ErasmusandtheArchbishopofMilanastherecipients,butthecircleofthe
gifteesalsoincludedothernobles,clergymen,andhumanists).36Thisvisual
aspectofroyalrepresentationbecameparticularlyimportantafterthearrival
ofBonatoPoland,especiallyconsideringtheclaimputforwardbyKatarzyna
Kosior,accordingtowhomtheHkingsandqueenstendedtobetalentedpolitical
actors,adeptatcraftingthevisionstheywishedtodisplay.”37
Fig.4-5.GiovanniMariaPadovano,medalofSigismundIIAugustus,1532;incollec-
tionoftheNationalMuseuminKrakow/thePrincesCzartoryskiMuseum,no.MNK
VII-Md-29038
34SeeM.Morka,Sztukadworu,pp.310-327forthediscussionoftheartisticmeaning
themedals,pp.327-335forthecoins,andpp.336-338forDecius)imageofSigismundI.
35ForthemedalsseeM.Morka,TheBeginningsofMedallicArtinPolandduringtheTimesof
ZygmuntIandBonaSforza,H
ArtibusEtHistoriae”2008,no.58,pp.65-87,herep.67.
36Ibidem,pp.65,67.Morkaprovidesaniconologicalanalysisoftheinscriptionsand
imagesinthemedalsbefore1548,butthelatermedalsofSigismundAugustusrequirefur-
therartisticandiconologicalanalysis.Seeidem,Sztukadworu,pp.412-416forameticulous
analysisofthismedal.
37K.Kosior,op.cit.,p.171.
38Zbiorycyfrowe,MuzeumNarodowewKrakowie,https://zbiory.mnk.pl/pl/wyniki-
-wyszukiwania/katalog/54241?sortBy=date-asc&phrase=zygmunt%2520august,
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10.01.2021.
