id: 142226 accession number: 1965.77.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.77.b updated: 2023-03-10 19:43:02.093000 Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (reverse), 15th century. Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, 1420–1467/68). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kramer in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rosenthal 1965.77.b title: Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (reverse) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 15th century creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1499 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kramer in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rosenthal copyright: --- culture: Italy, 15th century technique: bronze department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, 1420–1467/68) - artist active in Venice in 1441, in Verona in 1446, settling in Rimini in 1446. --- measurements: Diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: located below the seated figure of Fortitude: MCCCCXLVI translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: Malatesta was both a ruthless military leader and a man of considerable learning and culture. His medals, largely used for propoganda purposes, are among the earliest examples of the medium and speak to the innovations in the classical tradition that he fostered in Rimini. The original model dates to 1446, but this cast probably dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.77.b/1965.77.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.77.b/1965.77.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.77.b/1965.77.b_full.tif