Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1432) (obverse); Fortitude Seated on Malatesta Elephants (reverse)
Matteo di Andrea de' Pasti, Italian, about 1420 - after 1467
1446
Bronze
Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 3/16 × 3/8 in. (8 × 8.1 × 1 cm)
Weight: 265 g (0.6 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.25
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: SIGISMONDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS S RO ECLESIE C GENERALIS; reverse: MCCCCXLVI
Course History
History 44.02, Arts of Power, from Augustus to the Sun King, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2023
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 20-21.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, Coins, Medals and Paper Money Sale, lot 192, October 6, 1989; to Cyril Humphris, London, England; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, October 1989; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Kress, No. 60; Cor
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