Medal of Pope Urban VIII in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2011

Urban VIII (Pope, 1623-44)

Medalist: Gasparo Mola (Italian, Coldre ca. 1580–1640 Rome)

Date: 1638

Culture: Italian (Roman)

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: Diam. 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.)

Classification: Medals

Credit Line: Bequest of Rupert L. Joseph, 1959

Accession Number: 60.55.18

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings:

Signature: (obverse, below tranche) GAS. MOL. MDCXXXVIII

Inscription: Obverse: (in margin) VRBANVS.VIII.PON.MAX.A.XVI; reverse: (in margin) ORNATO CONST LAVACRO ET INSTAVRATO; (in exergue) ROMAE


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