PAUL V


(May 16, 1605 — January 21, 1621)

Paul V Borghese, by Caravaggio
Paul V, by Caravaggio




Paul V, Year 8

Obv.:


PAVLVS • V • PONT • MAX • AN • VIIII •


Bust of Paul V, l., bearheaded, wearing cope.


(Year VIIII = 1612)

Capella Borghese

Rev.:


DEIGENITRICI • SEMPERVIRGINI

(in exergue:) MDCXII

Exterior of the Capella Borghese, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome.



Mazio, 170.
Spink 898.

See:   Erectio capellae in basilica S. Mariae Majoris de Urbe et ad illam translatio sacrae imaginis gloriosis. Virginis Mariae cum Prioratus et Capellaniarum erectione ac Jurispatr. aliorumque Privileg. concessione (Roma: Typis Camerae Apostolicae 1616).

 

Paul V, Year 8

Obv.:


PAVLVS • V • PONT • MAX

(beneath bust:) • AN • XIIII •


Bust of Paul V, l., bearheaded, wearing cope.


(Year XIIII = 1617)

Jesus washing the feet of the Disciples

Rev.:


TV DOMINVS • ET | MAGISTER

(on disciple's seat:) GASP | MOLA

Jesus washing the feet of the disciples.

 

 

Engraver: Gaspare Mola (ca. 1580-1640)
Mazio, 173.
Spink 914.

A cast: the reverse die shows severe cracks in several places.

 

Paul V

Obv.:

PAVLVS • V • BVRGHESIVS • RO(manus) • PONT • MAX

(Beneath bust:) AN•XVI

 

Bust of Paul V, r., bearheaded, wearing cope.
Main Entrance to the Vatican Apostolic Palace Rev.:


PALATII • VATICANI • PORTA • RESTITVTA •

(in exergue:) MDCXII

Main entrance to the Vatican Apostolic Palace (Bronze Portal).





Mazio, 176.
Spink, 910, 917 (a cast).


Paul V, 1620

Obv.:


PAVLVS • V • PONT • MAX

(beneath bust:) • AN • XVI •


Bust of Paul V, r., bearheaded, wearing cope.
Chapel in the Quirinal Palace

Rev.:


SACELLVM • IN • | PALATIO QVIRIN


Entrance to the Pauline Chapel in the Quirinal Palace.
.

 



Mazio, 174.
Spink 921.

The double doors leading from the Salone dei Corazzieri (originally called the Sala Regia) to the Cappella Paolina in the Quirinal Palace were designed by Carlo Maderna. Maderno had been placed in charge of the reconstruction of the southern wing of the Palace by Paul V. The bas-relief, "Christ washing the feet of St. Peter", is by Taddeo Landini

The Pauline Chapel Doors, Quirinal Palace

 

Paul V

Obv.:

PAVLVS • V • BVRGHESIVS • RO(manus) • PONT • MAX

(Beneath bust:) AN•XVI

 

Bust of Paul V, r., bearheaded, wearing cope.


Mazio 175-177 exhibit the same die break on the obverse. right field

Main Entrance to the Vatican Apostolic Palace

Rev.:


CEPERANI • PONS • SVPER • LIRIM •

(in exergue:) RESTITVTVS


The bridge over the Liris River at Ciprano.




Mazio, 177.
Spink, 918.



Portrait of Paul V, Palazzo Borghese, Rome
(mis-) attributed to Caravaggio
H. Hibbert, Caravaggio p. 342.

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