Sigismondo Malatesta and Isotta degli Atti [obverse], 1800/1920

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 831.9 gr (1.834 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lois and Anthony Blumka in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Earl

Accession Number

1995.28.1.a

Artists / Makers

Italian 19th Century (medalist)

Italian 20th Century (medalist)

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Inscription

around circumference: [flower]DIVAE.SACRVM.ISOTTAE.FORMA.ET.VIRTVTE.DECOR[pierced hole]SIGISMVNDVS.MALATESTIS.ARIMINI.7E.TE.ROMANE; above portraits: ECLLESIE[sic].CAPITANEVS.GENERALIS; below busts: MCCCCXLVI

Provenance

Ignaz Gábor, Budapest, by 1923. private collection, France; (Sotheby's, Zurich, 24 May 1974, no. 125); Ruth Blumka [d. 1994], New York; by inheritance to her son, Anthony Blumka; gift 1995 to NGA.

Associated Names

Blumka, Lois and Anthony
Blumka, Ruth, Mrs.
Gábor, Ignaz
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Sotheby's

Bibliography

1923: Medaillen und Plakette der Renaissance und Barocke: Sammlung des Ingen. Ignaz Gabor. Budapest, 1923: no. 48, repro. (manuscript catalogue in the Library of the Cleveland Museum of Art).

1974: Ricci, Corrado. Il Tempio Malatestiano. Reprint, edited with new appendices by Pier Giorgio Pasini. Rimini, 1974: appendix VII, no. 3.

1975: Larner, John. "Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta on Gilmorehill." Glasgow University Gazette 79 (December 1975): 10-12.

1978: Clough, Cecil H. The Duchy of Urbino in the Renaissance. London, 1978: chapter IX, 4-5, fig. 2 (also 1981 ed.: item IX p. 5, appendix p. 9).

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 355, repro.