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Pope Formosus
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Pope Formosus

1493 · letterpress printing; plakken; houtsnede; paper

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

About this work

A flower cup with a pope. He wears a tiara and holds a book and a staff with a double cross in his hands. The image is part of the sequence of popes in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Formosus. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePaus Formosus. 1493. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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