Lot 748
748
Ugo Boncompagni, Gregory XIII (1572-85), by Lorenzo Parmense, bust right, wearing cope decorated with a scene of a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee and Peter wading ashore to greet the risen Christ, and morse with a pieta, signed below L.PARM, rev. cross-section of the Gregorian chapel in S Peter's, Rome, 37mm. (Arm. I, 281, 21; Bargello II, 637; L.672; T.N. XVIII, 1), an early and good quality restrike, about extremely fine, old toning
Ugo Boncompagni, Gregory XIII (1572-85), by Lorenzo Parmense, bust right, wearing cope decorated with a scene of a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee and Peter wading ashore to greet the risen Christ, and morse with a pieta, signed below L.PARM, rev. cross-section of the Gregorian chapel in S Peter's, Rome, 37mm. (Arm. I, 281, 21; Bargello II, 637; L.672; T.N. XVIII, 1), an early and good quality restrike, about extremely fine, old toning

Details
Ugo Boncompagni, Gregory XIII (1572-85), by Lorenzo Parmense, bust right, wearing cope decorated with a scene of a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee and Peter wading ashore to greet the risen Christ, and morse with a pieta, signed below L.PARM, rev. cross-section of the Gregorian chapel in S Peter's, Rome, 37mm. (Arm. I, 281, 21; Bargello II, 637; L.672; T.N. XVIII, 1), an early and good quality restrike, about extremely fine, old toning

Lot Essay

The chapel of S Gregorio di Nazianzio was built by Cardinal Baroni to house the relics of Saint Gregory which were removed from the church of S Maria in the Campo Marzio. Lorenzo Fragni, called Parmense, a goldsmith and gem engraver, was employed at the Papal mint 1572-1586. He was also well known for imitating ancient coins.