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Bronze medallion showing a profile portrait of Pope Adrian VI in papal regalia, with detailed inscriptions and heraldic shields around the edge.
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Adrian VI, Flemish commemorative medallion, 16th century
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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A
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Adrian VI
Adrian VI, depicted on a Netherlandish coin, 16th century; in the Samuel H. Kress...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.1225
Adrian VI, Flemish commemorative medallion, 16th century
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Samuel H. Kress Collection
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