Portrait medal of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (obverse); Il Gesù (reverse), 1575, Bronze (Copper alloy with a warm, Diam. 4.7 cm, wt. 34.51 g., Medals, Giovanni V. Melon (Italian, active ca. 1570–90), At the age of fourteen, Alessandro Farnese was appointed Cardinal Deacon by his grandfather Pope Paul III. Amassing great wealth in the service of several popes, Farnese built or restored many monuments in and around Rome and assembled the greatest collection of Roman sculpture since antiquity
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Portrait medal, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, obverse, Il Gesù, reverse, 1575, Bronze, Copper alloy, warm, Diam, 4.7 cm, wt, 34.51 g, Medals, Giovanni V. Melon, Italian, active ca., 1570–90, age, fourteen, Alessandro, appointed Cardinal Deacon, grandfather Pope, Paul, III, Amassing great, wealth, service, several popes, Farnese built, restored, monuments, Rome, assembled, greatest collection, Roman sculpture, antiquity
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