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Super Hanc Petram The Architectural Medals of the Vatican Basilica and the Homage of the Pilgrims to St. Peter

Md.Pont.PaulusIII.23

Giangiacomo Bonzagni, medal of Paul III commemorating St. Peter’s Basilica with the design of Antonio da Sangallo on the reverse, 1547, gilded bronze, 39.50 mm.

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In 1547 Paul III decided to celebrate the reconstruction works of the new Vatican Basilica with a medal. However, he did not choose to represent the project of the then director of the works, Michelangelo Buonarroti, but that conceived by Buonarroti's predecessor, Antonio da Sangallo.

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