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Portrait of Pope Leo X and His Brother Giuliano de Medici
Portrait of Pope Leo X and His Brother Giuliano de Medici

Portrait of Pope Leo X and His Brother Giuliano de Medici

Artist (German, 1470 - 1536)
Date1513
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 × 8 13/16 in. (15 × 22.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection in Honor of Victoria Sancho Lobis, First Curator of the USD Print Collection
CultureGerman
InscribedLeo. Decimus. Pontifex. Maximvs Medices. Mag. Ivlianvs
Catalogue raisonnéHollstein 93.I Bartsch VIII.492.84
Object numberPC2013.02.06
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionDouble portrait of Pope Leo X and his brother, Giuliano de' Medici; both bust-length, Leo at left, in profile to right, Giuliano at right, in profile to left; framed by a Double arch formed of putti and leaf ornaments; the Medici arms on a shield supported by three putti at centre.

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