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Description: | Sebastiano del Piombo's half-length seated portrait of Pope Clement VII, almost in profile, is one of several of the same type. He wears pink satin robes and red biretta; a square blue sapphire ring is on his raised right hand. An illuminated missal or Book of Hours rests on the table before him. Clement VII was born Giulio de' Medici in 1478, and elected Pope in 1523. In 1527 he had to face the so-called 'Sacco di Roma', the plundering of Rome by the uncontrolled mercenary troops of the Holy Roman Empire. He died in 1534. | Subjects: | portrait (Pope Clement VII) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian painter and draftsman, born ca. 1485, died 1547) and studio Æ School of Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian painter and draftsman, born ca. 1485, died 1547) Attributed to manner of Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian painter and draftsman, born ca. 1485, died 1547) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8763... | Go to resource |
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