Paul IV (Gian Pietro Carafa, 1476-1559), Pope 1555 [obverse], 1556

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7.6 cm (3 in.)
gross weight: 135 gr (0.298 lb.)

Credit Line

Gift of Andrew Brown in honor of Eleonora Luciano

Accession Number

2013.40.1.a

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Antonio de' Rossi (artist) Milanese, 1513 - after 1575

Image Use

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Inscription

with main stops in form of vine scrolls: .PAVLVS.IIII.PONT[ifex].MAX[imus].; below, in smaller letters: IO[annes].ANT[onius].RVB[eus].MEDIOL[anensis].

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1994, no. 52). (sale, Morton & Eden at Sotheby's, London, 13-14 November 2012, 2nd day, no. 719); Andrew M. Brown, Anchorage; gift 2013 to NGA.

Associated Names

Brown, Andrew M.