Bronze medal of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, by Pisanello

An image of Medal. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), Lord of Rimini and Fano. Antonio di Puccio ('Pisanello') (1395-1455). Obverse; Bust right, wearing over shirt of mail a surcoat embroidered with heraldic four-petalled Malatesta roses. Inscription; SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS ARIMINI FANI D. Reverse; Sigismondo standing to front, head right, in full armour of plate over shirt of mail, with visor closed; holds sheathed sword in both hands; on left, on heraldic rose tree, his casque, crowned, and elephant's head crest; on right, on similar tree, heater-shaped shield of his arms. Inscription; OPVS . PISANI . PICTORIS. Bronze, cast, weight, 255 g, diameter, 87.8 mm, circa 1445. Renaissance.

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Medal. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), Lord of Rimini and Fano. Antonio di Puccio ('Pisanello') (1395-1455). Obverse; Bust right, wearing over shirt of mail a surcoat embroidered with heraldic four-petalled Malatesta roses. Inscription; SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS ARIMINI FANI D. Reverse; Sigismondo standing to front, head right, in full armour of plate over shirt of mail, with visor closed; holds sheathed sword in both hands; on left, on heraldic rose tree, his casque, crowned, and elephant's head crest; on right, on similar tree, heater-shaped shield of his arms. Inscription; OPVS . PISANI . PICTORIS. Bronze, cast, weight, 255 g, diameter, 87.8 mm, circa 1445. Renaissance.

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Accession Number: CM.YG.1956-R
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 44
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Photographer name: Eimear Reilly
Image height: 1014 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 235.70kB
Exposure time: 1/6
ISO Speed: 320
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2012:11:20 10:57:24

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15th Century Antonio Pisano Antonio di Puccio Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_CM Italian Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Pisanello Renaissance Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_Obverse _WF_not_for_PC aristocracy aristocratic armour bronze cast chainmail copper copper alloy costume fashion hair hairstyle heads heraldic heraldry inscriptions lord male medal obverse portraits profile

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