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1966.131.61.a

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Pietro Ottoboni Medal 17'

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Artist

Bartolommeo Giovanni Vaggelli

Title

Pietro Ottoboni Medal 17'

Creation Date

1719

Dimensions

3 1/8 in. (8 cm)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.61.a

Object Description

159 PIETRO OTTOBONI (1667-1740), Cardinal, 1689 1719

Obv. Bust to right. Around, . PETRVS . CARD . OTHOBONVS . S . R . E . V . CANCELL . ; below truncation, . BART . VAGGELLIVS . F .
Rev. On right, figure kneeling, creating fire from the sun with a reflecting glass. To left, a genius with laurel wreath and cornucopia. Around, . COELESTIS . ORIGO . ; in exergue, MDCC[IX]
Bronze, dark brown patina, 80 mm.

Pietro Ottoboni was the nephew of Pope Alexander VIII.

Bibl.: Forrer 5, p. 183 (as General Pietro Ottoboni, 1720) ; Brescia i, p. 170, no. 1129; MM. 2, pp. 316-17, pl. 177, 4.