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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.96
People
Gaspare Morone Mola, Italian (Milan? died 1669 Rome)
Title
Pope Urban VIII
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1625
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193512

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
4 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
23.64 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in relief in exergue: GASP. MOLO
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: URBANUS VIII PONT. MAX. A. III
  • inscription: 1625, reverse, around perimeter: PONAT FINES VOS PACEM MDCXXV

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Max Falk in honor of Ivan Gaskell
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.96
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Perforated at upper center for hanging. [New?] copper wire around edge. Obverse: Urban in right profile; reverse: Pope with bishops and priests, sealing Porta Santa of St. Peter's.

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