Sigismondo Malatesta and Isotta degli Atti [obverse]
1800/1920
Medalist
Medalist
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Anthony Blumka in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Earl
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 831.9 gr (1.834 lb.)
axis: 12:00 -
Accession
1995.28.1.a
Associated Artworks
Shield with the Malatesta Arms in a Wreath [reverse]
Italian 19th Century, Italian 20th Century
1800
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q63860692