Medal: Pope Clement IX And The Ponte Sant’Angelo
Stock No
5556
2015
- £3,350.00
- €4,051 Euro
- $4,194 US Dollar
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Item Description
A bronze portrait medal of Pope Clement IX commemorating the restoration of the Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome, 1669.
The obverse with a portrait bust of Giulio Rospigliosi when Pope Clement IX (1667-1669), within a reeded border. Around the portrait is cast the text CLEMENS IX . PONT MAX . AN . III.
Signed along the truncation, F . CHERON . F.
The Reverse with a view from the East of the Ponte Sant’Angelo with the newly-completed statues of angels. Above is an angel blowing the trumpet of Fame, and below the river god of the Tiber, to his right the She-Wolf suckles Romulus and Remus and around the whole design is cast the text ÆLIO PONTE EXORNATO. Incised to the outer rim with the signature again, F. CHERON. Extremely fine, an early, period cast of very high quality.
dia:3 7/8 inches (98 mm)
Born Girolamo Rospigliosi, Clement IX (1667–1669) was a committed patron of the arts during his short term as pope. He embellished the city of Rome through his engagement with the celebrated artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Rospigliosi had previously collaborated with Bernini who created stage designs for plays and operas written by Rospigliosi before he ascended to the papacy.
The architectural and urban planning projects that Bernini carried out for Clement during his time as pope include the colonnade in Saint Peter’s Square and the renovation of the Ponte Sant’Angelo, the latter commemorated in this medal.
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London, London
Period
18th Century & Earlier
Item Location
United Kingdom
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Item Location
United Kingdom
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