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

1612

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1997.114.33.a

Associated Artworks

Inscription [reverse]

Roman 17th Century

1612

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1997 to NGA.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q63861559

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