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Pope Clement XI

Medal
1706/07 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dubut, Charles Claude (artist)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

This medallion depicting Pope Clement XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani) is made by Charles Claude Dubut.

Dubut (1687-1742) was a sculptor and stuccoer. After he was educated in Paris and Rome, he worked at the Dresden court and later in Berlin, before he settled in Munich.

Object details

Categories
Medallions
Christianity
Religion
Portraits
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitlePope Clement XI (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze, gilt
Bronze
Gold
Gilding
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Pope Clement XI, by Charles Claude Dubut, Italy, 1706/07
Physical description
Medal depicts the bust of Pope Clement XI facing to the right.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13.01cm
Object history
Bought, 16s.
Subjects depicted
Bust
Pope Clement XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani)
Summary
This medallion depicting Pope Clement XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani) is made by Charles Claude Dubut.

Dubut (1687-1742) was a sculptor and stuccoer. After he was educated in Paris and Rome, he worked at the Dresden court and later in Berlin, before he settled in Munich.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1861. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 24
  • Miselli, Walter. Il Papato dal 1700 al 1730 attraverso le medaglie, Milan 1997, pp. 74-5
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
7489-1861

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O313689/pope-clement--xi-medal-dubut-charles-claude/
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