Pope Clement XI

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Rome (made)

This ivory medallion made in ca. 1707-21 in Rome in Italy represents Pope Clement XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani, 1649-1721; Pope: 1700-21). It was almost certainly made in Rome during the Pope's papacy. It derives from a medallic portrait by Charles Claude Dubut of 1707. Another ivory version is in a private collection in Dieppe (December 2017).

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Categories	Medallions Portraits Reliefs Christianity
Object type	Medallion
Title	Pope Clement XI (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Ivory Ivory
Brief description	Medallion, ivory, Pope Clement XI, Italian (Rome), ca. 1707-21
Physical description	Medallion carved in ivory with a profile portrait of Pope Clement XI facing right, wearing the triple tiara and a cope with an elaborate orphrey.
Dimensions	Height: 11.5cm Width: 9.5cm
Object history	Given by Mrs Ellen Hearn, Villa St Louis, Menton in 1923; this and other objects presented at the same time were labelled as the Alfred Williams Hearn gift.
Subject depicted	Clement XI (Pope)
Summary	This ivory medallion made in ca. 1707-21 in Rome in Italy represents Pope Clement XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani, 1649-1721; Pope: 1700-21). It was almost certainly made in Rome during the Pope's papacy. It derives from a medallic portrait by Charles Claude Dubut of 1707. Another ivory version is in a private collection in Dieppe (December 2017).
Bibliographic references	Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 106 Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 303, p. 309
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.57-1923

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O349789/pope-clement-xi-medallion-unknown/

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