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1966.114.12.b

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Gregory XVI (1765–1846), Pope 1831–1846, Restoration of the Pauline Chapel

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Artist

Pietro Girometti (1811 - 1859)

Title

Gregory XVI (1765–1846), Pope 1831–1846, Restoration of the Pauline Chapel

Creation Date

1837

Century

mid-19th century

Dimensions

2 3/8 in. (6 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.114.12.b

Object Description

213 GREGORY XVI Capellari, Pope 1831-46 1837

Obv. Bust to left, wearing skullcap, mozzetta and stole. Around, GREGORIVS . XVI . PONT . MAX . A . VII . ; below, PETRVS . GIROMETTI . FECIT .
Rev. In entrance to Pauline Chapel, pope kneels before a vision of the Madonna flanked by angels carrying a tablet and the Host. On tablet above, inscription, GREGORIVS . XVI | RESTITVIT | A . VII S . PRINCIP; in exergue, SACRARIVM . PAVLINVM . PAVLVS . III . COND . | GREGORIVS . XVI . REST . | MDCCCXXXVII
Bronze, struck, 60 mm.

Commemorates restoration of the Pauline Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore.

Bibl.: A. Patrignani, Le medaglie di Gregorio XVI, Rome 1929, p. 88, no. 49; Mazio (1885), no. 629.