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Matteo de' Pasti

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, 1417-1468, Lord of Rimini and Fano [obverse], 1447

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.11 cm (1 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 15.75 gr (0.035 lb.)
axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1992.55.3.a

Artists / Makers

Matteo de' Pasti (medalist) Italian, c. 1420 - 1467/1468

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Inscription

around circumference: SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS.MALATESTA.

Provenance

Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1992 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Leonard
Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

1883: Armand, Alfred. Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles. 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris, 1883-1887: 1: 21, no. 18.

1930: Hill, George Francis. A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance before Cellini. 2 vols. London, 1930: no. 182.

1984: Pollard, John Graham. Italian Renaissance Medals in the Museo Nazionale of Bargello. 3 vols. Florence, 1984: no. 46.

1997: Glinsman, Lisha Deming. "Renaissance Portrait Medals by Matteo de'Pasti." Studies in the History of Art 57 (1997): 99, fig. 13.

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 25, repro.

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