Satirical medals of Pietro Aretino
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There are two satirical medals depicting Italian Renaissance writer Pietro Aretino. One of these medals is currently at the Bargello.[1], another is in a private collections, says the book Aretino's Satyr: Sexuality, Satire, and Self-Projection in Sixteenth-Century Literature and Art by Raymond B. Waddington.
The book Handbuch der Sexualwissenschaften by Albert Moll was the first to feature one of those medals[2] and called them "Bronzespottmedaille auf Pietro Aretino" and explained that the front view shows a "Satyrbüste" (satyr bust) and the backside "An Stelle der Haare Phalli" (phalli instead of hair).
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