id:			147716
accession number:	1974.109.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.109.a
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Portrait of John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (obverse), c. 1438–1439. 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.a

title:				Portrait of John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (obverse)
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creation date:			c. 1438–1439
creation date earliest:		1433
creation date latest:		1444
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, 15th century
technique:	lead
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: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	obverse: IWANNHC BACI EVC KAI AVTOKPATWP PWMAIWN O  A AIOA O OC [John King and Emperor of the Romans, Palaeologus]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1975: "Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections"', 'opening_date': '1975-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Private collection, sold Sotheby & Co., Zurich, May 27, 1974, lot 131, to Blumka Gallery.
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	Blumka Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62–102.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 66; Mentioned: p. 97, no. 15
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

	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. 88
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n108

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IMAGES

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