Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 43 25 Mar 2020
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A Collection of Papal Medals and Coins, Cardinal Annibale Albani (1682-1751), Papal Nuncio, Chaplain to the King of Poland, the building of his villa in Rome, the Villa Papacqua, large struck copper medal, indated (c. 1735), by G. W. Vestner, bust of the Cardinal r., wearing vestments and zucchetto, rev. façade of the villa, 73mm. , extremely fine, minor scuffs to the highest spots
In 1709 Annibale Albani was appointed Nuncio Extraordinary before the Emperor and other Catholic Princes meeting in Vienna, The Hague and Frankfurt. He was a celebrated patron of ecclesiastical literature and his library, a gallery of paintings and sculpture and, indeed, a cabinet of coins, are now all a part of the Vatican collection.
(150-200 GBP)
In 1709 Annibale Albani was appointed Nuncio Extraordinary before the Emperor and other Catholic Princes meeting in Vienna, The Hague and Frankfurt. He was a celebrated patron of ecclesiastical literature and his library, a gallery of paintings and sculpture and, indeed, a cabinet of coins, are now all a part of the Vatican collection.
(150-200 GBP)