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1966.130.9.b

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Paolo Giordano II Orsini

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Artist

Johann Jakob Kornmann (Giovanni Jacopo Cormano) (mid-seventeenth century - )

Title

Paolo Giordano II Orsini

Creation Date

1621

Century

17th century

Dimensions

1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.130.9.b

Object Description

92 PAOLO GIORDANO II ORSINI (1591-1656), Count of Anglaria, Duke of Bracciano, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire 1621

Obv. Head to right. Around, PAVL . lORD . II . DG . ANG . C . BRACC . DVX . SRI . P . ; on truncation, 1621
Rev. Minerva, holding shield and spear, stands by flowering bush. Behind, Neptune, drawn by two horses, on the sea. Around, VT . VTRVNQVE . TEMPVS .
Bronze, struck, 32 mm.

The medals of the Duke of Bracciano have been used to identify and date busts of the duke attributed to Bernini (see Wittkower, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, London 1966, cat. nos. 36 a, b).

Bibl.: Kress, p. 92; Brescia i, p. 115, nos. 807-08; MM. 2, p. 51, pl. iii,1; Forrer 3, pp. 207, 208.