id: 147715 accession number: 1974.109 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.109 updated: 2023-03-11 20:51:01.486000 Portrait of John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (obverse) and (reverse), c. 1438–39. Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455). Lead; diameter: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1974.109 title: Portrait of John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (obverse) and (reverse) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1438–39 creation date earliest: 1433 creation date latest: 1444 current location: 105 Byzantine creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 15th century technique: lead department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455) - artist --- measurements: Diameter: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: obverse: IWANNHC BACI EVC KAI AVTOKPATWP PWMAIWN O A AIOA O OC [John King and Emperor of the Romans, Palaeologus] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1974 opening date: 1975-03-11T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975). title: Portraiture: The Image of the Individual opening date: 1983-11-22T05:00:00 Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Private collection, sold Sotheby & Co., Zurich, May 27, 1974, lot 131, to Blumka Gallery. date: footnotes: citations: Blumka Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The art of the medal was introduced into Italy by Pisanello, His work as a medalist began with the portrait medal of this emperor, who, in 1438, visited the Council of Ferrara. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 88 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n108 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.109/1974.109_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.109/1974.109_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.109/1974.109_full.tif