Banknotes from the Kingdom of Italy:
50 Lire banknote 1911 Banco di Napoli
Obverse: Portrait of Salvator Rosa - Italian Baroque Painter.
Reverse: Head of the Farnese Athena.
Date 1909-1921
Printer Officina Carte Valori Richter & C., Naples.
Banknotes from the Kingdom of Italy - Banco di Napoli
The Banco di Napoli (Bank of Naples) issued the 50 Lire (P-S857) banknote on February 23, 1911, the 100 Lire (P-S856) banknote on September 10, 1908 and the 1,000 Lire (P-S859) banknote on December 13, 1914. The Banco di Napoli was the last of the Consortium Banks to lose the right to issue banknotes. After 1922 all Italian banknotes were issued by either the Kingdom / Republic of Italy or Banca d'Italia.
Salvator Rosa
Salvator Rosa (1615 – March 15, 1673) was an Italian Baroque painter, poet, and printmaker, who was active in Naples, Rome, and Florence. As a painter, he is best known as "unorthodox and extravagant" as well as being a "perpetual rebel" and a proto-Romantic.
Athena Hope-Farnese
This statue of Athena is a Roman copy of a Greek original of the late 5th century BCE. The elaborate helmet of the Goddess is inspired by the one of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon. Restored are the arms, animals on the helmet and cheekpieces, and some aegis snakes. Roman period, Height 224 cm, The Naples National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy.
The Farnese Collection is one of the premier collections of artistic items from Greco-Roman Antiquity. It includes some of the most influential classical works, including the sculptures that were part of the Farnese Marbles, their collection of statuary. The works are now displayed in specific galleries of the Naples National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy.
The items in the collection were acquired or requisitioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, who became Pope Paul III (1543 - 1549). Classical artworks were routinely uncovered in Roman lands, and during the Renaissance had become much desired. Many were family heirlooms of prominent families in Rome.