20. ALEXANDER VII - Fabio Chigi - born at Sienna - elected 1655 - died 1667 - Decorated the Piazza of St. Peter's with handsome portico. – Works

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20. ALEXANDER VII - Fabio Chigi - born at Sienna - elected 1655 - died 1667 - Decorated the Piazza of St. Peter's with handsome portico.

Publisher: L. Ferloni (Rome, Italy)

Italian

1903

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph and metallic pigment on card stock.

Dimensions Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2014.13504

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsPrints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: LIT. ARMANINO - GENOVA
DEPOSITATA
L. FERLONI - ROMA
Back: undivided. Mint.

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)