Lot 757
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Maffeo Barberini, Urban VIII (1623-44), by Gaspare Molo, bust right wearing cope with floral decoration, signed GASP. MOL. below, rev. ORNATO CONST LAVACRO ET INSTAVRATO ROMAE, cross section of the baptistry of S Giovanni in Laterano, 40.5mm. (Bart.637; L.1027; Maz.205), very fine, old grey toning
Maffeo Barberini, Urban VIII (1623-44), by Gaspare Molo, bust right wearing cope with floral decoration, signed GASP. MOL. below, rev. ORNATO CONST LAVACRO ET INSTAVRATO ROMAE, cross section of the baptistry of S Giovanni in Laterano, 40.5mm. (Bart.637; L.1027; Maz.205), very fine, old grey toning

Details
Maffeo Barberini, Urban VIII (1623-44), by Gaspare Molo, bust right wearing cope with floral decoration, signed GASP. MOL. below, rev. ORNATO CONST LAVACRO ET INSTAVRATO ROMAE, cross section of the baptistry of S Giovanni in Laterano, 40.5mm. (Bart.637; L.1027; Maz.205), very fine, old grey toning

Lot Essay

The annual medal for 1637 shows the Battistero Lateranense, also called the Battistero Constantino, which was greatly enriched by Urban. Some decoration work had been undertaken for the jubilee year in 1625, and in this year more painting and sculpture was added. Bartolotti notes 453 medals struck in silver.