Vatican Innocent XII Medal - 1695

Vatican, Innocent XII (1615-1691-1700), Antonio Pignatelli, 81mm cast bronze medal (1695), in the baroque style, by Lorenzo Merlini (1666-1745), bust of Pope r., wearing camauro and mozetto, INNOCENTIO XII PONTIFICI MAXIMO, rev. tree crowned and radiant jars, PARATA SVNT IN GLORIAM, and in script below, Vt ostenderet Divitas / Gloriae Svae In Vasa / Misericordiae, 81.5mm. (V&T.3; Lank. 183, 218), dark patination, good very fine and extremely rare Lorenzo Merlini, Florentine sculptor, medallist, miniaturist and architect. His medallic output was small. The medal’s reverse displays a glorification of the Pignatelli coat of arms.