id:			147744
accession number:	1974.13
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.13
updated:		2025-12-21 05:55:23.996000

Portrait of John VIII Palaoelogus, 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, 1974.13

title:				Portrait of John VIII Palaoelogus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (obverse) and (reverse)
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creation date:			c. 1438–39
creation date earliest:		1433
creation date latest:		1444
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
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

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses
	opening date:   2025-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 2025-February 1, 2026).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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

	“Annual Report for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 6 (June 1975): 175–209.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 181
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152593

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