Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia, c. 1431-1503), Pope 1492 [obverse]

c. 1492

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Edward E. MacCrone Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.65 cm (2 1/4 in.)
    gross weight: 61.06 gr (0.135 lb.)
    axis: 6:00

  • Accession

    1992.39.1.a

Associated Artworks

Castel Sant' Angelo [reverse]

Roman 15th Century

1492

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugène Piot [1812-1890], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21-24 and 27-30 May 1890, no. 640). Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague; (his estate sale, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 16-19 May 1911, 1st day, no. 141); Hermann Vogel [1841-1917], Chemnitz; by descent in the Vogel family; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 9-10 April 1992, 2nd day, no. 461); purchased by (Cyril Humphris, Ltd., London) for NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 264, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: .ALEXANDER.VI.PONT.MAX.IVST.PACIS.Q.CVLTOR.

Wikidata ID

Q63860663

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