Founding of San Carlo ai Catinari, Rome, by Pope Paul V [obverse], 1612

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 41.17 gr (0.091 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1997.114.33.a

Artists / Makers

Roman 17th Century (medalist)

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: .FVNDATORES.TALES.AMBIO; in field on either side of building: A / [omega]; below building on either side of and beneath crown: FVNDA [crown] MENTVM / humiliiae

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1997 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. 849, repro.