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Christ and Saint Paul
Italian (Rome)
Renaissance
about 1492–1500
Object Place: Europe, Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number67.294
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 900a.
DescriptionCircular medal of Christ. Pierced at top.
Obverse: Profile bust of Christ looking to proper right, with cruciform nimbus with tooled circles in arms of cross; inscribed at edge "YHS·XPC SALVA TOR·MVNDI".
Reverse: Profile bust of Saint Paul looking to proper left with nimbus; inscribed at edge "VAS·ELECTIONIS·PAVLVS·APOSTOVS".
Obverse: Profile bust of Christ looking to proper right, with cruciform nimbus with tooled circles in arms of cross; inscribed at edge "YHS·XPC SALVA TOR·MVNDI".
Reverse: Profile bust of Saint Paul looking to proper left with nimbus; inscribed at edge "VAS·ELECTIONIS·PAVLVS·APOSTOVS".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "YHS·XPC SALVA TOR·MVNDI".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "VAS·ELECTIONIS·PAVLVS·APOSTOVS".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "VAS·ELECTIONIS·PAVLVS·APOSTOVS".
ProvenanceDolfus Collection [see note 1]; 1967, sold by Jean-Georges Rueff (Paris, France) to the MFA. (Accession date: March 8, 1967)
Notes:
[1] May be Jean Dollfus.
Notes:
[1] May be Jean Dollfus.