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Satirical Pope

after 1600
Object PlaceRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; base metal
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 37 mm (1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Francis Brooks
Accession number88.275
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "ECCLESIA PERVERSATENET FACIEM DIABOLI". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "STVLTI ALIOVANDO SAPIENTES".
ProvenanceBy 1888, Francis Brooks; 1888, gift of Francis Brooks to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1887)
Salvador Dalí
modeled 1978, cast 1979
Salvador Dalí
modeled 1978, cast 1979
Salvador Dalí
modeled 1978, cast 1979
Salvador Dalí
modeled 1978, cast 1979
William Wood
1722
Christian Gobrecht
dated 1838
Washington Irving
A. I. Henning
after 1859
Architecture
Giambologna (Jean Boulogne)
about 1600
Ivory unicorn
Louis Féron