| Description : The commemorative coin designed by Maria Carmela Colaneri
for the 500th anniversary of Donato Bramante's death names the master builder born in 1444 in Monte Astrualdo near Urbino,
25 km south of San Marino, as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio, who went by the surname Bramante, as
Bramante Lazzari delle Penne from San Marino. He is regarded as the founder of High Renaissance architecture and
designed the new St. Peter's Basilica, which was begun in 1506 and whose construction was continued by Raphael after
his death in 1514. The motif of the commemorative coin is the Renaissance chapel Tempietto di Bramante in Montorio and a
portrait of Bramante published in 1837, an etching by J. Pofleswhites after a picture by A. d'Estrels. The
circular inscription reads "BRAMANTE LAZZARI DELLE PENNE DI SAN MARINO". Next to the motif are the year of his death "1514",
the year of issue "2014", below the letter "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello
Stato in Rome and on the left the initials "MCC" of the designer. |
