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Portrait of Pope Paul II Barbo (obverse) and (reverse)
Also known as: Bronze Medal of Pope Paul II (obverse)
About the Artwork
This medal is part of a series of four oval medals that celebrated Pope Paul II as the “Founder of Italian Peace.” Though his renewal of the Italian League in 1468, Paul aspired to maintain peace among the independent Italian states and evade foreign incursion. In previous years, infighting between Florence, Venice, Ferrara, Milan, Naples, and Bologna had left the peninsula vulnerable to Turkish invasion.
Inscriptions
obervse: PAVLO VENETO PAPE II ITALICE PACIS FVNDATORI ROMA
Provenance
By 1984: Blumka Gallery, New York, NY 1984 -: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985). Collecting Drawings in England. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Cristoforo di Geremia (Italian, active 1456–76)
- Date
- c. 1468
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.2 x 3.7 cm (1 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Kelvin Smith in memory of Kenall Kelley
- Accession no.
- 1984.16
More by Cristoforo di Geremia in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010662
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