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September 8, 1902
The Evening World
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Pope Leo XIII, unhappy with artist Bianchi's unflattering portrait on the annual Vatican medal showing him aged and tiara-less, commissions a new design despite the 1,600 lire cost.
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Pope Leo's Vanity.
It is one of the old customs at the Vatican to strike a medal every year, bearing upon the one side the picture of Saint Peter and on the other a portrait of the reigning Pope.
This year the work was intrusted to an artist named Bianchi, whose design represented the aged prelate without his tiara and with a look of age and fatigue upon his face.
When Pope Leo XIII saw his counterfeit presentment he was disgusted.
"I am not so old and ugly as that, yet," he cried, and although it cost him 1,600 lire, he at once had a fresh design prepared.
It is one of the old customs at the Vatican to strike a medal every year, bearing upon the one side the picture of Saint Peter and on the other a portrait of the reigning Pope.
This year the work was intrusted to an artist named Bianchi, whose design represented the aged prelate without his tiara and with a look of age and fatigue upon his face.
When Pope Leo XIII saw his counterfeit presentment he was disgusted.
"I am not so old and ugly as that, yet," he cried, and although it cost him 1,600 lire, he at once had a fresh design prepared.
What sub-type of article is it?
Human Interest
What keywords are associated?
Pope Leo Xiii
Vatican Medal
Portrait Rejection
Artist Bianchi
Vanity
What entities or persons were involved?
Pope Leo Xiii
Bianchi
Where did it happen?
Vatican
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Topic
Pope Leo Xiii's Rejection Of Unflattering Medal Portrait
Location
Vatican
Key Persons
Pope Leo Xiii
Bianchi
Event Details
Annual Vatican custom involves striking a medal with Saint Peter on one side and the Pope's portrait on the other. Artist Bianchi's design showed Pope Leo XIII without tiara, looking aged and fatigued. The Pope, disgusted, declared he was not so old and ugly, and commissioned a new design costing 1,600 lire.