Caption:
Bust of Pope Gregory XIV Pope Gregory XIV (Pontificate 1590-1591), Pope Gregory XIV wears a beard and is depicted in full ornament, with tiara and choir hood. The statue is cut off below the shoulders, tapered downwards and becomes a cherub with wings spread, which rests on a cartouche with inscription, under which there is a profiled round pedestal. On the narrow side faces a cherub with two pairs of wings, on the cartouche the inscription: GRE-XIV. Ribbons depend on the tiara over the shoulders. About the albe the choir hood, held together by an agrafe, with aurifrisiae, on which representations of saints: probably two popes and the half-figures of Peter and Paul., Pope, Gregorius XIV, Sebastiano Torrigiani (attributed to), Rome, 1590 - 1591, bronze (metal), h 31 cm × h 47.6 cm × w 14.6 cm × d 10.0 cm