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Auction: 7018 - Dr R Ferrari English Crowns, R Wilson Scottish Coins, A Louise Irish Coins, K MacKenzie Ottoman Coins & Other Propertie
Lot: 671

Alexander VII, bronze medal by Gaspare Morone, 39mm., bust left, wearing mozzetta, camauro and stole, signed on truncation, rev. the Palazzo del Quirinale (Facciata di Levante) (bonanni II, 641, 30; Martinori S75; Tocci/Worsdale 294; Varriano/Washington pp.256-7, fig.15; Venuti XXV; Weber Bauten Roms 220), extremely fine original striking, warm brown patina Estimate £ 400-600 This special medal of 1661 shows the façade of the Palazzo della Famiglia added by Alexander VII 1659-61 under the direction of Gian Lorenzo Bernini to the main block of the Quirinale. When finally extended and completed in the 18th century it became known as the ´Manica Lunga´ (the Long Sleeve) and housed members of the Papal court and family as well as members of the Swiss Guard. The Pope refers to this medal in his diary 8 September 1660 when Bernini appeared ´con disegno di medaglia per questa fabrica di Monte Cavallo´ and a few months later another entry records the medal´s completion on 29 January 1661.

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