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Innocent X: Fountain of the Four Rivers in the Piazza Navona

(Italian, died in 1
died in 1669)
1651
MintRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; copper alloy
Credit LineBequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession numberRES.23.159
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed on bust "·G M·" and at edge "INNOCEN·X PONT·MAX·A·VII·". Reverse: Inscribed above "ABLVTOAQVA VIRGINE" and below "AGONALIVM GRVORE".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)
Group shot: 2021.1085.1-2
Gaspare di Gerolamo Macri
about 1550
Group shot: 2021.1085.1-2
Gaspare di Gerolamo Macri
about 1550
Christ
1492–1500
Francois-Augustin Caunois
1825
Francois-Joseph Ponscarme
1873
probably late 19th to early 20th century