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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.82
People
Unidentified Artist
Imitator of Pisanello (Antonio Pisano), Italian (Pisa, Italy c. 1395 - c. 1455 Rome ?, Italy)
After Pisanello (Antonio Pisano), Italian (Pisa, Italy c. 1395 - c. 1455 Rome ?, Italy)
Title
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini (1417-1468)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Profile Head of a Young Man
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
17th-19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228798

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
8.5 cm diam (3 3/8 in.)
175.67 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: D. SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS A RIMINI FANI
  • inscription: obverse, ink or paint, handwritten: MR LXII

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Leopold Blumka, Gift to the Wadsworth Athenaeum. Blumka gave these to the Athenaeum as fakes.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT, Gift of Leopold Blumka, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles C. Cunningham
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.82
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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