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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello) (Italian, about 1395–1455)
Italian
Renaissance
about 1445
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 84 mm, 192.3 gm (3 5/16 in., 6.78 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee
Accession Number27.817
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 33.
Kress 12.
DescriptionCircular medal of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini and Fano (born 1417, lord of Rimini and Fano 1432-68).
Obverse: Profile bust of Sigismondo looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "SIGISMVNDVS·PANDVLVS·DE·MALATEST ARIMINI FANI [flower] D [flower]".
Reverse: Standing Sigismondo in knight's armor, head looking to proper left; tree and shield on both sides; inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
Obverse: Profile bust of Sigismondo looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "SIGISMVNDVS·PANDVLVS·DE·MALATEST ARIMINI FANI [flower] D [flower]".
Reverse: Standing Sigismondo in knight's armor, head looking to proper left; tree and shield on both sides; inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "SIGISMVNDVS·PANDVLVS·DE·MALATEST ARIMINI FANI [flower] D [flower]".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
ProvenanceBy 1927, Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee; 1927, gift of Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1927)