WEEK #334 In 1492 Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

[LISA B]

Question:

 

There is no known life portrait of Christopher Columbus, so from what image did Charles Barber derive his bust for the Columbian Exposition Half Dollar?

 

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[MunkyMan95]

a 1512 portrait painted by Lorenzo Lotto.

[BigBob]

Barber’s portrait of Columbus was allegedly based on Olin L. Warner’s bust of the navigator which now resides in the Chicago Historical Society

[rrantique]

The coin was originally supposed to be made by U.S.J. Dunbar. His design was based on a portrait painted by Lorenzo Lotto of Columbus in 1512. The U.S. Mint's Chief Engraver at the time, Charles E. Barber, derailed any attempt by Dunbar from producing the coin, and instead took on the project, basing his depiction of Columbus allegedly on a bust made by artist Olin L. Warner. (thumbs u

 

 

[ritter]

barber's portrait of columbus was alledgedly based on olin l. warners bust of the navigator which now resides in the chicago historical society.

[Backdraft237]

he based his depiction of Columbus allegedly on a bust made by artist Olin L. Warner.

 

[bsshog40]

A Sebastiano del Piombo painting.

[BankNote1]

I thought that Olin Lewis designed the Columbian Half Dollar??? Barber did engraved the obverse and Morgan engraved the reverse. I don't know .

[BankNote1]

The designer of the coin's obverse, Charles E. Barber, copied from a plaster model by Olin Levi Warner, whose own model had been a 1892 Spanish medal modeled from a statue. The statue had been modeled on a portrait in the Spanish Naval Museum; the artist was a Frenchman, Charles Legrand.

[BankNote1]

The designer of the coin's obverse, Charles E. Barber, copied from a plaster model by Olin Levi Warner, whose own model had been a 1892 Spanish medal modeled from a statue. The statue had been modeled on a portrait in the Spanish Naval Museum; the artist was a Frenchman, Charles Legrand.

[mhardin2413]

it was based on a fantasy portrait by Olin Levi Warner.

[physics-fan3.14]

Barber based his portrait on a bust by Olin Warner.

[just-john]

T he coin was originally supposed to be made by U.S.J. Dunbar. His design was based on a portrait painted by Lorenzo Lotto of Columbus in 1512. The U.S. Mint's Chief Engraver at the time, Charles E. Barber, derailed any attempt by Dunbar from producing the coin, and instead took on the project, basing his depiction of Columbus allegedly on a bust made by artist Olin L. Warner.

 

The obverse depicts a right-facing portrait of Columbus flanked by the legends UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR

[DC Dawg]

A bust made by artist Olin L. Warner.

 

Scott

[ant]

Olin L. Warner’s bust of the navigator

[AtlaZ-migration]

From a portrait of Columbus attributed to Lorenzo Lotto, 1512, some six years after the explorer's death.

[dan8402]

It is said to be based on Olin Warner's bust of Columbus that presently resides in the Chicago Historical Society.

[RGT]

According to Bowers, "Barber adopted a design from a plaster model by Olin Levi Warner, who in turn took Columbus' portrait from a medal made in Spain in 1892, whose facial image was from a Madrid statue by Jeronimo Sunel, which in succession was taken from a fanciful portrait by Charles Legrand in the Naval Museum in the same city".

[Just Bob]

A bust made by Olin L. Warner.

[Oldtrader3]

Reputedly based on Olin L. Warner's bust sculpture of Columbus.

[LISA B]

Question:

 

There is no known life portrait of Christopher Columbus, so from what image did Charles Barber derive his bust for the Columbian Exposition Half Dollar?

 

Answer:

 

The directorate badge for that same event created by Olin Warner

 

Our first place winner BigBob will receive David W. Langes "Coin Collecting Boards of The 1930’s and 1940’s” signed by David W. Lange. Our runner up AtlaZ has won an NGC Single Coin Display Box.

 

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