Upon Pius VI’s election, he received much criticism that his coat of arms was ‘too busy.’ Within months of his election he yielded to the pressure and simplified the arms. In 1798 Napoleon and his troops stormed the Vatican, pillaging much of its art and furniture. This mirror was among the items taken. Because this mirror has the ‘busy’ coat of arms, which dates it to the first few months of Pius VI’s papacy, it is even more unique.
- Pius VI: Three-Page Formal Document to A Cardinal (page 3)
- Three Coins From the Pontificate of Pius VI
- Holy Year Brick From 1775 During Reign of Pius VI
- A Picture Book of Copper Engravings Containing engravings of Rome from the Late 1700’s showing St. Paul’s before the devastating fire of 1823
- Pope Pius VI
- Pius VI Coat of Arms
- Pius VI: Tomb
- Tomb Monument of Pope Pius VI in St. Peter’s Basilica