Lot 750
750
Ippolito Aldobrandini, Clement VIII (1592-1605), by Giorgio Rancetti, for the Jubilee Year 1600, bust left wearing cope decorated with standing figure of Christ, dated A IX, signed GIOR RA on truncation, rev. LAVDATE NOMEN DOMINI, procession entering through the Holy Door, angel with olive branch flying above, 39mm. (Arm.I, 306, 11; Berni 106; L.-; TN.XXIII, 8 rev.), an attractive original striking, extremely fine
Ippolito Aldobrandini, Clement VIII (1592-1605), by Giorgio Rancetti, for the Jubilee Year 1600, bust left wearing cope decorated with standing figure of Christ, dated A IX, signed GIOR RA on truncation, rev. LAVDATE NOMEN DOMINI, procession entering through the Holy Door, angel with olive branch flying above, 39mm. (Arm.I, 306, 11; Berni 106; L.-; TN.XXIII, 8 rev.), an attractive original striking, extremely fine

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Ippolito Aldobrandini, Clement VIII (1592-1605), by Giorgio Rancetti, for the Jubilee Year 1600, bust left wearing cope decorated with standing figure of Christ, dated A IX, signed GIOR RA on truncation, rev. LAVDATE NOMEN DOMINI, procession entering through the Holy Door, angel with olive branch flying above, 39mm. (Arm.I, 306, 11; Berni 106; L.-; TN.XXIII, 8 rev.), an attractive original striking, extremely fine

Lot Essay

On of many medals struck for the Holy Year. Giorgio Rancetti (1550-1610) was a goldsmith and sculptor from Florence.

See also colour plate