357. Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547), Italian,

Portrait of Pope Clement VII (1478-1534), c. 1526.

Oil on canvas, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples.

 

 

In 1531, Pope Clement VII gave Sebastiano the position of “Piombo” (Italian for lead), keeping the papal seals that were made of lead.