id:			146137
accession number:	1971.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.4
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:55.482000

Portrait of Leonello D'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (obverse and reverse), c. 1440–1444. Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455). Bronze; diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.4

title:				Portrait of Leonello D'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (obverse and reverse)
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1440–1444
creation date earliest:		1435
creation date latest:		1449
current location:		118 Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, 15th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	obverse:  LEONELLVS MARCHIO ESTENSIS, separated by olive branches.
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1971
	opening date:   1971-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1971</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

	title:		Collecting Drawings in England
	opening date:   1987-11-03T05:00:00
	<i>Collecting Drawings in England</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private collection (Switzerland)
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	Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.
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fun fact:


digital description:
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.

wall description:
Renaissance medals usually show a person on the front and a symbolic element on the back, creating an overall statement about the individual. The meaning of the two men in a sailboat remains opaque, intentionally meant to be understood only by a small circle of intellectuals.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 89
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n109

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.4/1971.4_full.tif