# @ngadc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJefmIBtKWj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30411303-ngadc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-10T14:30:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Gallery of Art (@ngadc) — https://gondola.cc/ngadc

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This week, Leo XIV became the first North American pope! But did you know there might have been another historic first — a woman pope?

The legend of a female pope has surfaced repeatedly in art and literature across the globe.

Swipe to uncover her story ➡️ #ArtUncovered
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🖼️ “Johannae Papisae Bildniss aus Georg Altens Welt-Chronick,” print, c. 1650-1750, Portrait of Pope Joan, bust-length, slightly facing right, wearing tiara and gown, holding Christ in her arms, within rectangular frame; after an illustration from Schedel's 'Weltchronik' Engraving, Paper, © The Trustees of the British Museum, Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence

🖼️ Print; book-illustration, 1539, Pope Joan giving birth during a procession; the female pope surrounded by cardinals at right, the newborn child on the ground; at left the procession and a fool standing behind a column mocking the scene; illustration to an unidentified publication, Woodcut, © The Trustees of the British Museum, Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence

🖼️ Italian 15th Century, School: Lombard, Playing Cards, 15th century, woodcut on laid paper, 11 x 17 in., Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, The female Pope is the fourth figure from the left along the bottom line of playing cards on this uncut sheet

#art #news #pope #history #woman #interesting #usa #explore #explorepage

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