Two discs with lettered borders, one showing a man in profile, and the other showing a classical domed building.
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The disc on the left shows an elaborate depiction of a man with a short beard who wears a tall domed headdress with layered crown decorations, and what looks like a robe made of a stiff material so that it stands stiffly behind his neck as it drapes around his shoulders. It is also elaborately decorated in bands. The disc on the right shows a partial front façade of a classical building with many columns, statues atop columns and a large dome with a short finial.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.219
People
Gioacchino Francesco Travani, Italian (active 1625 - 1675)
Title
Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1662
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226374

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze with golden brown patina
Dimensions
7.2 cm diam. x 0.4 cm depth (3/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
76.47 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: G.F.T.
  • inscription: 1662, obverse: ALEXANDER VII PONT MAX ANNO MDCLXII
  • inscription: reverse: QVAE · VOVI · REDDAM · PRO · SALUTE · DOMINO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England, sold [through Christie's, London, March 6, 1990, lot 733]; to Clifford. sold [through Spink & Son, London, May 21, 1996]; to [Cyril Humphris, London], sold [through Sotheby's, London, October 3-4, 1996, lot 136]; to Harvard University Art Museums

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes, by exchange
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.219
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 06/02/2025; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2025 - 01/01/2050

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