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Giacomo Manzù

John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 1881-1963), Pope 1958 [obverse], 1962

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.48 cm (1 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 15.3 gr (0.034 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2002.146.9.a

Artists / Makers

Giacomo Manzù (medalist) Italian, 1908 - 1991

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Inscription

around circumference: IOANNES XXIII.P.M.INITO.CONC.OECVM.VAT.II.MCMLXII

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2002 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 869, repro.

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