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Portrait of Pope Paul II Barbo (obverse) and (reverse)
Cristoforo di Geremiac. 1468
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Portrait of Pope Paul II Barbo (obverse) and (reverse)
- Creator: Cristoforo di Geremia (Italian, active 1456–76)
- Date Created: c. 1468
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 4.2 x 3.7 cm (1 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: Blumka Gallery, New York, NY, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.16
- Medium: bronze
- Inscriptions: obervse: PAVLO VENETO PAPE II ITALICE PACIS FVNDATORI ROMA
- Fun Fact: Rediscovered with fervor in fifteenth-century Italy, profiles on ancient coins provided dignified models for portrait medals of Renaissance elites.
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, 15th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Kelvin Smith in memory of Kenall Kelley
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1984.16
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