Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia, c. 1431-1503), Pope 1492 [obverse], c. 1492

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.65 cm (2 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 61.06 gr (0.135 lb.)
axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Edward E. MacCrone Fund

Accession Number

1992.39.1.a

Artists / Makers

Roman 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: .ALEXANDER.VI.PONT.MAX.IVST.PACIS.Q.CVLTOR.

Provenance

Eugène Piot [1812-1890], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21-24 and 27-30 May 1890, no. 640). Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague; (his estate sale, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 16-19 May 1911, 1st day, no. 141); Hermann Vogel [1841-1917], Chemnitz; by descent in the Vogel family; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 9-10 April 1992, 2nd day, no. 461); purchased by (Cyril Humphris, Ltd., London) for NGA.

Associated Names

Cyril Humphris Ltd.
Drouot, Hôtel
Lanna, Adalbert von, Baron
Lepke Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Rudolph
Piot, Eugène
Sotheby's
Vogel, Hermann

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 264, repro.