Medal, Urbain, Ferdinand de Saint, Italy, 1700
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700
Medal, Urbain, Ferdinand de Saint, Italy, 1700 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1700. The museum's brief description reads: Medal, bronze gilt, Pope Alexander VIII (Pietro Ottoboni), by Ferdinand de Saint Urbain, Italy, dated 1700.
Museum description: Medal depicts on the obverse the bust of Pope Alexander VIII, Pietro Ottoboni, and on the reverse an elevation of the monument to his memory in St. Peter's. The museum record gives material recorded as bronze, gilt bronze; measurements Diameter 6.65 cm; place associated: Italy; maker recorded: Urbain, Ferdinand de Saint, San Martino, Carlo Arrigo (Count). These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Pietro Ottoboni was elected Pope in 1689.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze, gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter 6.65 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze, gilt
- Maker recorded
- Urbain, Ferdinand de Saint, San Martino, Carlo Arrigo (Count)
- Place recorded
- Italy
Identification
- Museum attribution
- Urbain, Ferdinand de Saint
- Museum object name
- Medal
- Museum object number
- 6758-1860
- Museum system number
- O313687
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.