La Collezione Numismatica Di Carlo Alberto E Le Raccolte Sabaude (Estratto Dal Volume Speciale: Il Medagliere Del Palazzo Reale Di Torino. Storia E Restauro Della Sala E Delle Collezioni)
The numismatic collection of the Savoy family goes back to the creation of the new capital for the Savoy Duchy (Turin) during the second half of the sixteenth century. In this article, the history of the court’s medal collection (medaglieri) and the scholarly circle that was responsible for its establishment are examined with the help of the existing documentation, up to the creation of the University Museum (later the Museum of Antiquities) in the first half of the nineteenth century. The reign of Carlo Alberto of Savoy–Carignano (1831–1849) marked the beginning of the Medagliere Reale, together with the sovereign’s other artistic collections, thanks to the crucial presence of Domenico Casimiro Promis, the royal librarian. The dramatic historic events that characterised the period had an effect on the handing over of the collection to the State on the occasion of the king’s abdication, much in the same way as happened a century later in the case of the so–called ‘Numismatic King’, Victor Emmanuel III, at the end of World War II.
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