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.