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Italy 100000 Lire 1994

Item Code: IT-117

Front: Portrait of Caravaggio, reproduced from a drawing by the painter Ottavio Leoni, preserved in Florence at the
Marucellian Library. Detail of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio "The Fortune Teller" (Second version,
c. 1595), held in Paris at the Louvre Museum. A branch taken from a detail of the painting of Caravaggio's "Rest during
the Flight into Egypt" (c. 1597), held in Rome at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj-Pamphili. Logo depicting winged lion of St.
Mark, symbol of Venice above three shields of Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi. Back: "Basket of Fruit" (c. 1599) by the Italian
Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), which is displayed in Biblioteca Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
in Milan. Main colours: Brown, pale-green and reddish-brown. Composition: Guglielmo Savini. Engraving: Trento Cionini
(front); Giorgio Capponi (front and back). Legislation: Ministerial Decree of 6 May 1994. Paper: High-quality, slightly
coloured, special pulp, watermark, luminous fibrils and a vertical security thread. Issue: 960.000.000. Watermark: Portrait
of Caravaggio, logo of the bank with initials "BI" and letters "LC". Signatures: Fazio and Speziali or Fazio and Amici (1994)
(Il Governatore; Il Cassiere). Print: Calcografia (intaglio) and offset. Printer: Officina della Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy
Printing Works).
 

 
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Dimensions: 156 x 70 mm
 

Texts: Banca d'Italia. Lire Centomila pagabili a vista al portatore. La legge punisce i fabbricatori e gli
spacciatori di biglietti falsi. One Hundred Thousand Italian Lire.

 
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