id:			117686
accession number:	1938.309
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.309
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:34.825000

Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (reverse), c. 1445. Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.309

title:				Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (reverse)
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creation date:			c. 1445
creation date earliest:		1440
creation date latest:		1450
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, 15th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	obverse: DVX EQVITVM PRAESTANS; across: MALATESTA NOVELLVS CESNAE DOMINVS.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stamps: Art in Miniature
	opening date:   1955-03-11T05:00:00
	<i>Stamps: Art in Miniature</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11, 1955-May 12, 2017).

	title:		Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
	opening date:   1962-01-23T05:00:00
	<i>Art and Humanism in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Eugen Miller von Aichholz (Vienna, Austria)
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	Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1938.
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