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Medal with the Portrait of Pope Paul III
(Renaissance Europe )
Pope Paul III (reigned 1534-1549), born Alessandro Farnese, presided over the opening session of the Council of Trent (1545-63), the embodiment of a far-reaching reform movement within the Catholic Church for which Emperor Charles V had pressed. Such a medal could have been valued as much for its associations as for its artistic merit.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | The Papacy and the Arts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.461