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1966.128.2.a

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Bernardino Perfetti

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Artist

Antonio Selvi (1679 - 1753)

Title

Bernardino Perfetti

Creation Date

1725

Century

18th century

Dimensions

3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.128.2.a

Object Description

154 BERNARDINO PERFETTI, Sienese poet (1681- 1747) 1725

Obv. Bust to right, laureate. Around, EQVES . BERNARDINVS . PERFETTI . SENENSIS . ; below, 1725
Rev. In rocky landscape, sibyl gesturing to left toward rays of light. Around, DEVS . ECCE . DEVS
Bronze, 89 mm. Hole at top

At the order of Pope Benedict XIII, Perfetti was crowned poet laureate on the Campidoglio on 13 May 1725. The medal was issued for that occasion.

Bibl.: Brescia i, p. 210, no. 1328 (as anonymous, eighteenth c.); MM. 2, pp. 352-53, pl. 187, 1.