Portrait Medal of Sigismundo Malatesta

1446 (Renaissance) Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm) Citation Source image

This medal was commissioned by Sigismondo Malatesta (1417–68), lord of Rimini and Fano in eastern Italy. It follows the format of portrait medals that became popular by the mid-1400s that imitated Roman imperial coins, with a stern profile of authority on the front and a perso...

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Deposition at Rimini, 1961. Acquired by Paul Drey Gallery, New York, 1961; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1962.
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