Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28.4(220))Sacred Art & IconographyPope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28.4(220))Engraving and etching, Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert, 1555, plate 4 of The Victories of Emperor Charles, Metropolitan Museum of Art 28.4(220)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28.4(220))." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/clementvii-met-28-4-220.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28.4(220)). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/clementvii-met-28-4-220Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-pope-clement-vii-besieged-in-castel-sant, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28.4(220))}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/clementvii-met-28-4-220}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn engraving and etching titled "Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo," plate four of the series "The Victories of Emperor Charles," by Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert, 1555. It shows Clement VII shut up in the fortress during the 1527 sack of Rome by imperial troops, the episode that broke his attempt to hold a course between France and the Emperor and left him unable to grant Henry VIII the annulment he wanted. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 28.4(220).Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithHenry VIII, Historical Figures Well-attested This source names Henry VIII directly: "Emperor and left him unable to grant Henry VIII the annulment he wanted."Source Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo, accession 28.4(220) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo, accession 28.4(220) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsClement VII, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this print names the subject outright, showing him besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo during the 1527 sack of Rome, the crisis that defined the rest of his pontificate.Source Pope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo, accession 28.4(220) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesPope Clement VII Besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo, accession 28.4(220) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 28.4(220)View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year