Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, 1417-1468, Lord of Rimini and Fano [obverse]
1447
Medalist, Italian, c. 1420 - 1467/1468
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 3.11 cm (1 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 15.75 gr (0.035 lb.)
axis: 12:00 -
Accession
1992.55.3.a
Associated Artworks
Emblem of Authority [reverse]
Matteo de' Pasti
1447
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1992 to NGA.
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
around circumference: SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS.MALATESTA.
Wikidata ID
Q63860974