Royal Academy Prize Medal (reverse view)
Thomas Pingo (1692-1776)
England (London)
1770
Silver, struck
Museum no. A.11-1972

Pingo was born in Italy but worked in England. He was a superb modeller. This medal captures the muscular form and power of the Belvedere Torso, an ancient Greek work that was greatly admired by Michelangelo. Edward Hodges Baily, the recipient of the medal, was later responsible for the statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square.
Legend on the rim, 'Awarded to Edward Hodges Baily for the Best Model of an Academy Figure, 10 December 1809'

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