AT-00010726
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Portrait of Pope Paul II Barbo (reverse)
Also known as: Bronze Medal of Pope Paul II (reverse)
About the Artwork
Rediscovered with fervor in the Renaissance, profiles on ancient coins provided dignified models for Renaissance elites.
Provenance
(Blumka, New York).
Exhibition history
Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-April 12, 1998).
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.b
More by Cristoforo di Geremia in museum collections
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