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Christ
Italian (Rome)
Renaissance
1492–1500
Object Place: Europe, Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast gilt copper alloy
Dimensions
Diameter: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number66.883
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 901.
Kress 243.
DescriptionCircular medal of Christ. Pierced at top.
Obverse: Profile bust of Christ looking to proper right with cruciform nimbus; inscribed at edge "·IHS·XPC·SALVATOR·MVNDI·".
Reverse: Wreath at edge; inscribed within wreath "TVES/CHRISTVS/FILIVS DEI VI/VI QIV INHVNC/MVNDVM VE/NISTI".
Obverse: Profile bust of Christ looking to proper right with cruciform nimbus; inscribed at edge "·IHS·XPC·SALVATOR·MVNDI·".
Reverse: Wreath at edge; inscribed within wreath "TVES/CHRISTVS/FILIVS DEI VI/VI QIV INHVNC/MVNDVM VE/NISTI".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "·IHS·XPC·SALVATOR·MVNDI·".
Reverse: Inscribed within wreath "TVES/CHRISTVS/FILIVS DEI VI/VI QIV INHVNC/MVNDVM VE/NISTI" (St. John XI, 27).
Reverse: Inscribed within wreath "TVES/CHRISTVS/FILIVS DEI VI/VI QIV INHVNC/MVNDVM VE/NISTI" (St. John XI, 27).
ProvenanceBy 1968, Blumka Gallery (New York, New York); 1966, sold by Blumka Gallery to the MFA. (Accession date: November 9, 1966)