A bronze portrait medallion titled "Pope Pius X," made by the Dublin silversmith Edmond Johnson in the 19th to 20th century. The medallion's own inscription names the pope outright by his regnal name. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 08.240, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait in 1908.
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MediumBronze medallion, Edmond Johnson, Irish, 19th to 20th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 08.240 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Source Pope Pius X, accession 08.240 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.
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The Met's own title for this medallion names the subject outright by his regnal name, Pope Pius X.
Source Pope Pius X, accession 08.240 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. Pope Pius X, accession 08.240 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 08.240
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A bronze portrait medallion titled "Pope Pius X," made by the Dublin silversmith Edmond Johnson in the 19th to 20th century.
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