Portrait of Leonello D'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (obverse)
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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