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Pope Clement VII

Also known as: Pope Clement VII; primary name: Clement VII; other name: Medici, Giulio de'
Details: individual; cleric/religious official; ruler; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1478-1534
Other dates: 1523-1534 (ruled)
Biography: Pope, succeeded Hadrian VI (q.v.); born Florence, son of Giuliano de Medici by his mistress, Fioretta; cousin of Leo X (q.v.). Made Cardinal in 1513. His reign saw Henry VIII's separation from Rome: the Act of Supremacy was passed in 1534.

152 related objects

bell

Museum number: WB.95 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Benvenuto CelliniMade by:Wenzel Jamnitzer |
Production date: 1550 |
Production place: Made in:Nuremberg

cameo

Museum number: 1899,0718.2 |
Production date: 16thC

coin

Museum number: 1851,1217.7 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1849,1121.619 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: 1909,1006.25 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Avignon

coin

Museum number: 1908,1011.121 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,104.212.2 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1855,0612.330 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Parma (city)

coin

Museum number: C.2381 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,105.1.4 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1909,1006.29 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1885,0603.1 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: C.5065 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: C.2382 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1856,0901.60 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1935,1110.1 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,111.60.1 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Ancona (province)

coin

Museum number: 1908,1011.117 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: C.2555 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1908,0205.80 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Avignon

coin

Museum number: 1856,0901.59 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.127 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,105.1.1 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,105.1.3 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1870,0507.7412 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1914,1206.5 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Modena (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.356.A |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Foligno

coin

Museum number: 1849,1121.888 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: C.2632 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,105.1.2 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.22 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Ancona (province)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.128 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: 1844,0215.641 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: 1919,0214.324 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1855,0612.396 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,104.212.1 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1844,0215.639 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: 1844,0215.638 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: G3,PapalC.6.x |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Bologna (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,104.131 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1855,0612.225 |
Authority: BIOG83714 Ruler:Pope Clement VII |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Minted in:Modena (city)

dish

Museum number: 1997,0401.1 |
Producer name: Made by:Giulio da UrbinoAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1534 |
Production place: Made in:UrbinoLustred in:Gubbio

drawing

Museum number: 1893,0411.10.2 |
Producer name: BIOG18582 Attributed to:Francesco Bartoli |
Production date: 1690-1730

drawing

Museum number: 1954,1103.403 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1658-1697

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0212.1 |
Producer name: BIOG45772 Drawn by:Sebastiano del Piombo |
Production date: 1530

drawing

Museum number: 1893,0411.10.3 |
Producer name: BIOG18582 Attributed to:Francesco Bartoli |
Production date: 1690-1730

drawing

Museum number: 1893,0411.10.4 |
Producer name: BIOG18582 Attributed to:Francesco Bartoli |
Production date: 1690-1730

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE1.3 |
Production date: 1545 - 1546 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE6.22 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE4.8 |
Producer name: BIOG212007 Attributed to:Dal Prato, Francesco |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE5.44 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE6.25 |
Producer name: BIOG22354 Modelled by:Benvenuto Cellini |
Production date: 1534 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: M.1331 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE3.7 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: M.1329 |
Producer name: BIOG22354 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Benvenuto Cellini |
Production date: 1534 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.7117 |
Producer name: BIOG113347 Made by:Girolamo Paladino |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE6.23 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAR4.7 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1866,1221.7.X |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: M.1330 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE5.43 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1906,1103.971 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1881,0103.3 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE6.24 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAR4.6 |
Producer name: BIOG22354 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Benvenuto Cellini |
Production date: 1534 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

plate

Museum number: 1988,1008.1 |
Production date: 1523-1534 |
Production place: Made in:Deruta

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1732 |
Producer name: BIOG35201 Print made by:Sébastien Leclerc I |
Production date: 1708

print

Title: Portraits |
Museum number: 1866,0714.89 |
Producer name: BIOG37150 Print made by:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1523-1527

print; counterproof

Title: Cabinet du Roy |
Museum number: 1853,0709.477 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de CaylusAfter:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1720-1765

print

Museum number: J,19.1-39 |
Producer name: BIOG31789 Print made by:Nicolaas Hogenberg |
Production date: 1530

print

Museum number: O,3.94 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1725

print

Title: Alfonso Lombardi Scultore / Ferrarese Serie degli Uomini i più illustri nella pittura, s |
Museum number: 1874,0613.1997 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosimo ColombiniIntermediary draughtsman:Ignazio Enrico Hugford |
Production date: 1769-1775

print

Title: Clemens VII Chronologia Summorum Romanorum Pontificum |
Museum number: 1870,0514.168.A |
Producer name: BIOG44264 Published by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1675 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Picturae Raphaelis Sanctij Urbinatis |
Museum number: 1925,0605.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco Faraone AquilaAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1722 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Clemens VII Papa Florentinus |
Museum number: 1871,1209.886 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippe SoyePublished by:Antoine Lafréry |
Production date: 1568 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Portraits |
Museum number: 1857,0711.39 |
Producer name: BIOG37150 Print made by:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1523-1527

print

Museum number: Y,1.93 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous

print

Title: Clemens VII Pap |
Museum number: 1850,0223.589 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1699-1756

print

Title: Leone X Imperiale e reale galleria Pitti illustrata |
Museum number: 1934,1011.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuseppe MarriAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1837-1842

print

Title: Portrait du Cardinal Jules de Medicis Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux |
Museum number: 1855,0609.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas EdelinckAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1729-1737

print

Title: Clemens VII Pap |
Museum number: 1917,0809.16 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1699-1756

print

Title: Portrait de Léon X Galerie Napoleon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.579 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexis ChataignierAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Clément VII. Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.413 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre MaloeuvrePrint made by:Louis Michel Halbou |
Production date: 1800

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.883 |
Producer name: Print made by:CipelliAfter:Domenico Udine |
Production date: 1816

print

Title: Portrait de Léon X Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1853,1008.100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Etienne Frédéric LignonIntermediary draughtsman:Duchemin |
Production date: 1818-1819

print

Title: Portrait de Léon X Le Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1148 |
Producer name: Print made by:Etienne Frédéric LignonAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1818-1819

print

Title: Clement VII Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: Nn,7.41.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Marie DelattreAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1810-1814

print

Museum number: 1972,U.220.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1650-1677 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1972,U.220.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1650-1677 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.2833 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1641

print

Museum number: 1868,0328.680 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1865

print

Title: Clemens der sibent der grost Bischf |
Museum number: 1845,0809.1367 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel HopferPublished by:David Funck |
Production date: 1523-1534

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.1993 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.2014 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.2013 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.1991 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.2018 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.1992 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.1990 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.2000 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas HogenbergPublished by:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The