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1966.130.25.b

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Christoph Widman

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Artist

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

Title

Christoph Widman

Creation Date

1648

Century

17th century

Dimensions

1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.130.25.b

Object Description

94 CHRISTOPH WIDMAN (1615-60), Cardinal, 1647 1648

Obv. Bust to right. Around, CHRISTOPHORVS . S . R . E . CARD . VIDMAN . ; on truncation, OPVS . CORMANI
Rev. Two chamois. Around, ODIT . TAMEN . OTIA . VICTOR . ; in exergue, [MDC?] XXXX [VIII?]
Bronze, struck, 38 mm. (irregular)

Bibl.: Kress, p. 92 (other specimens in the British Museum and Cambridge) ; Forrer 3, p. 207; Pyke, p. 74, fig. 155 (a wax model of Widman).