Portrait of Pope Paul II Barbo (obverse) and (reverse)

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Portrait of Pope Paul II Barbo (obverse) and (reverse)

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Date
c. 1468
Medium
bronze
Culture
Italy, 15th century
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
151831

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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. Rediscovered with fervor in fifteenth-century Italy, profiles on ancient coins provided dignified models for portrait medals of Renaissance elites.

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Credit line
Gift of Kelvin Smith in memory of Kenall Kelley
Provenance
By 1984: Blumka Gallery, New York, NY | 1984 -: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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  • Representative object from the topic Papal Commemorative Medals
    Papal Commemorative Medals

    These objects are medals and sculptures commemorating various popes from Italian culture, primarily cast in bronze or silver during and after their papacies.

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