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Title

Busts of Saints Jerome and Gregory

Artist

Atelier of Jörg Syrlin the Younger

Physical Description

This pair of finely carved bust-length figures depicts two men in ecclesiastical garb. On the right appears an older figure who wears elaborate vestments and a papal tiara with a book in his left hand. His deeply lined and wrinkled face conveys a patient wisdom and authority as he stares directly ahead. His more youthful companion, dressed in a simpler collared robe and brimless cap, glances introspectively aside. He grasps an unfurled scroll in his left hand and a diminutive lion stares out from its perch on his left shoulder.

Century

late 15th/early 16th-century

Object Creation Date

circa1500

Accession Number

1958/1.59

Medium and Support

lindenwood with polychromy

relevance

rank 11.37481

Primary Keywords

altarpieces

books

christianity

lions

popes

scrolls (information artifacts)

Title

Pope Nicholas V (obverse), Nicholas V in the Ship "Eclesia" (reverse)

Artist

Andrea Guacioloti

Physical Description

The obverse of this medal depicts a profile portrait of a man with a tonsure. The reverse represents a man holding a cross-staff piloting a boat labeled "Eclesia" along the gunwale. Both sides of the medal have inscriptions around the edge.

Artist Life Dates

1435-1495

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1455

Accession Number

1984/1.283

Medium and Support

cast bronze

relevance

rank 11.14017

Primary Keywords

casting (process)

head

medallions (medals)

popes

portraits

profile views

ships

Title

Pope Sixtus IV (obverse), and the Ponte Sisto (reverse)

Artist

Lysippus

Physical Description

The front (obverse) of this medal depicts the profile portrait of a man with a tonsure, wearing a cope adorned with acorns and oak leaves and a large clasp. An inscription runs around the border. The reverse represents a bridge spanning a river enclosed within a border of oak leaves. An inscription appears above the balustrade of the bridge.

Artist Life Dates

active 1471-1484

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1473

Accession Number

1984/1.285

Medium and Support

cast bronze

relevance

rank 10.80582

Primary Keywords

bridges (built works)

bronze (metal)

casting (process)

medallions (medals)

popes

portraits

profile views

Title

Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)

Artist

Nicolas-François Chéron

Physical Description

The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.

Artist Life Dates

died 1746

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

1669

Accession Number

1984/1.284

Medium and Support

cast bronze

relevance

rank 10.69879

Primary Keywords

bridges (built works)

bronze (metal)

casting (process)

head

medallions (medals)

popes

portraits

profile views

Title

Pope Alexander VII (obverse), and the Piazzo del Popolo (reverse)

Artist

Gioacchino Travani

Physical Description

The front (obverse) of this medal represents a portrait of a man in profile wearing a papal tiara and a cope. The reverse depicts a city square dominated by an obelisk with a pair of identical domed churches in the background. Inscriptions run around the edge of the medal on both sides.

Artist Life Dates

Active 1634-1674

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

1662

Accession Number

1984/1.282

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 10.69879

Primary Keywords

bronze (metal)

casting (process)

head

medallions (medals)

obelisks

popes

profile views

squares (open spaces)