Object Description
134 LUDOVICO LUDOVISI (1595-1632), Cardinal, 1621 1626
Obv. Facade of Church of Saint Ignazio, Rome, as projected in 1626. Around, LVDOVICVS CARD . LVDOVISIVS . S . R . E . VICECANCELL . FVNDAVIT * ; in exergue, AN . MDCXXVI
Rev. Inscription, LVDOVICVS | CARD . LVDOVISIVS | S . R . E . VICECANCELL | IGNATIO | CVI GREGORIVS XV P M | PATRVVS SANCTORVM | CVLTVM DECREVIT | COLENDO | TEMPLVM EXTRVXIT | AN . MDCXXVI
Bronze, struck, 62 mm.
Foundation medal. Cardinal Ludovisi laid the first stone of the Church of Saint Ignazio in 1626. The church was designed and executed by the Jesuit Orazio Grassi from 1626-50.
Bibl.: MM. 2, p. 21, pl. 105,2; Brescia i, p. 149, no. 1013.