Live auction - fme_1103500 - ITALY- PAPAL STATES - ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi) Fonte, Pose de la première pierre du portique de la place Saint Pierre
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 460 € |
| Maximum bid : | 610 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 April 2026 17:57:13 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Fonte, Pose de la première pierre du portique de la place Saint Pierre
Date: 1657
Metal : gilt bronze
Diameter : 82,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MORONE Gaspare
Weight : 106,82 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VATICANI. TEMPLI. AREA. PORTICIBVS. ORNATA. - ALEX. VII. P. M..
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à droite, signé sur le tranché du bras : .1657. GM.
Reverse
Reverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : FVNDAMENTA. FIVS. / IN. MONTIBVS. SANCTIS.
Reverse description : Légende en deux lignes dans un ruban à l’exergue d’une vue sur Saint Pierre du Vatican.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 73 mm
Fonte postérieure.
Diameter without bail: 73 mm. Cast iron.
Fonte postérieure.
Diameter without bail: 73 mm. Cast iron.
Historical background
ITALY- PAPAL STATES - ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi)
(07/04/1655-22/05/1667)
Fabius Chigi was elected pope on April 7, 1655 and consecrated on April 18 as Alexander VII. Bernini's colonnade in St. Peter's Square in Rome was completed under the pontificate. He died on May 22, 1667.
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