Medal: Pope Marcellus II
The obverse shows a portrait of Pope Marcellus II; on
the reverse is a depiction of Ecclesia, represented as a
seated woman reading the Gospels and holding a rudder.
Marcellus II (Marcello Cervini, 1501 – 1555), was pope
for only twenty-two days in 1555. The woman on the reverse as Prudence or a personification of the Church ruling the world
with the rudder and reading the Gospels. This is a dull
cast after a worn original, possibly from the seventeenth
or eighteenth century.
the reverse is a depiction of Ecclesia, represented as a
seated woman reading the Gospels and holding a rudder.
Marcellus II (Marcello Cervini, 1501 – 1555), was pope
for only twenty-two days in 1555. The woman on the reverse as Prudence or a personification of the Church ruling the world
with the rudder and reading the Gospels. This is a dull
cast after a worn original, possibly from the seventeenth
or eighteenth century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Medal: Pope Marcellus II
- Artist: Giovanni Antonio Rossi (Italian, Milan 1517–died after 1575)
- Date: model 1555 (possibly cast 17th or 18th century)
- Medium: Bronze (Copper alloy with brown patina).
- Dimensions: Diam. 7.8 cm, wt. 174.67 g.
- Classification: Medals
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1312
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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