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Satirical medal on the Pope and the Roman Catholic clergy
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Satirical medal on the Pope and the Roman Catholic clergy

1543 - 1648 · casting; brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Brass medal, obverse: portrait of the Pope to the left, rotatable to that of the devil to the right, with legend, reverse: portrait of a cardinal to the left, rotatable to that of a jester to the right, with legend.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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history medal
Credit lineSpotpenning op de Paus en de Rooms-Katholieke clerus. 1543 - 1648. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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