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Niccolò Piccinino
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello) (Italian, about 1395–1455)
Italian
Renaissance
about 1441
Place of Manufacture: Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 89 mm (3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark M. Salton
Accession Number57.185
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 22.
Kress 4.
DescriptionCircular medal of Niccolò Piccinino (1386-1444), condottierre. Pierced at top.
Obverse: Bust of Niccolò Piccinino looking to proper right, wearing a tall, flat-top hat and armor; no inscription at edge and no armorer's mark on shoulder piece.
Reverse: A winged griffin looking to proper right, suckling two infants; inscribed at proper right "BRACCIVS", below and at proper left "PISANI·P·OPVS·N·PICININVS", and on griffin"s collar "PERVSIA".
Obverse: Bust of Niccolò Piccinino looking to proper right, wearing a tall, flat-top hat and armor; no inscription at edge and no armorer's mark on shoulder piece.
Reverse: A winged griffin looking to proper right, suckling two infants; inscribed at proper right "BRACCIVS", below and at proper left "PISANI·P·OPVS·N·PICININVS", and on griffin"s collar "PERVSIA".
InscriptionsReverse: Inscribed at proper right "BRACCIVS", below and at proper left "PISANI·P·OPVS·N·PICININVS", and on griffin"s collar "PERVSIA".
ProvenanceBy 1957, Mark M. Salton (New York, New York); 1957, gift of Mark M. Salton to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 14, 1957)