Benedict XIII (Piero Francesco Orsini, 1649-1730), Pope 1724 [obverse], 1724

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
gross weight: 33.77 gr (0.034 kg)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Mark Wilchusky in honor of Douglas Lewis and Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Accession Number

1995.49.14.a

Artists / Makers

Ermenegildo Hamerani (medalist) Roman, 1683 - 1756

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: BENEDICTVS.XIII.P.M.AN.IVBIL. (Benedict XIII, Supreme Pontiff, in the Year of the Jubilee); below truncation: HAMERANVS F. (Hamerani made this)

Provenance

(Paul Bosco, New York); purchased 1993 by Mark Wilchusky, New York; gift 1995 to NGA.[1]

[1] Provenance from curator's acquisition proposal.

Associated Names

Bosco, Paul
Wilchusky, Mark

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 557, repro.