Keywords: Alessandro Cesati - Medal with the Portrait of Pope Paul III - Walters 59461.jpg Pope Paul III reigned 1534-1549 born Alessandro Farnese presided over the opening session of the Council of Trent 1545-63 the embodiment of a far-reaching reform movement within the Catholic Church for which Emperor Charles V had pressed Such a medal could have been valued as much for its associations as for its artistic merit ca 1545 1550 Renaissance gilded bronze Diam cm 4 accession number 59 461 22721 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters The Papacy and the Arts The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Alessandro Cesati Medals from Italy Rome in art Italian Renaissance medals Bronze medals Christian medals of Italy 1540s medals |