Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (reverse)

Pisanelloc. 1445

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Title: Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (reverse)
Creator: Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395-1455)
Date Created: c. 1445
Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Eugen Miller von Aichholz (Vienna, Austria), Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1938.
Type: Sculpture
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.309
Medium: bronze
Inscriptions: obverse: DVX EQVITVM PRAESTANS; across: MALATESTA NOVELLVS CESNAE DOMINVS.
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Culture: Italy, 15th century
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: Sculpture
Accession Number: 1938.309

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