Innocent XI (Benedetto Odescalchi, 1611-1689), Pope 1676 [obverse], 1678

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (height with suspension loop): 3.65 cm (1 7/16 in.)
overall (diameter without loop): 3.15 cm (1 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 14.92 gr (0.033 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1995.49.11.a

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Martino Hamerani (medalist) Roman, 1646 - 1705

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: INNOCEN.XI.PONT.M.A.II (Innocent XI, Supreme Pontiff, in the second year [of his reign]; below truncation: HAMERANVS

Provenance

(Blumka Gallery, New York); purchased 1990 by Mark Wilchusky, New York; gift 1995 to NGA.[1]

[1] Provenance from curator's acquisition proposal.

Associated Names

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. 556, repro.