Portrait of Leonello D'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (obverse and reverse)
Pisanello
1435–1449
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Italy, 15th century
About
Renaissance medals usually show a person on the front and a symbolic element on the back, creating an overall statement about the individual. Lionello d'Este was one of the most sophisticated patrons in Renaissance Italy, and he was one of the first figures to sponsor the tradition of medals in the 1400s.
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![Niccolò Piccinino, 1386-1444, Condottiere [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/443c4750-f7fe-4f8a-9ec8-4f12d1960e6d/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Filippo Maria Visconti, 1392-1447, Duke of Milan 1412 [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/71a9068d-d7b8-4838-8afb-590cf47472d5/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Cecilia Gonzaga, 1426-1451, daughter of Gianfrancesco I [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ceafa15b-be86-47f5-8726-f0fcbb7574d5/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Francesco I Sforza, 1401-1466, 4th Duke of Milan 1450 [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/7e634b18-4889-4b76-91c6-a40243914a73/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Lodovico Gonzaga, 1412-1478, 2nd Marquess of Mantua 1444 [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/eec28870-fad3-43f7-be91-6b22130ef8d0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Antonio Pisano, called Pisanello, the Painter and Medallist [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/26cc226b-33dd-446a-8bf9-da98daa97d9d/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Filippo Maria Visconti, 1392-1447, Duke of Milan 1412 [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/9ce4f715-75e0-4c6d-8f34-4c788be05812/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, 1417-1468, Lord of Rimini 1432 [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/22d19ed2-68ac-4aba-a17e-73937255b3d2/full/843,/0/default.jpg)