Emperor John VIII Palaeologus
Pisanello, Italian, 1395 - 1455
about 1438
Bronze
Overall: 3 15/16 × 4 × 1/4 in. (10 × 10.1 × 0.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968
EL.S.987.54.1
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Classification
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, on front: (translation: John, King and Emperor of the Romans, Palaeologus); inscribed, on reverse: OPVS.PISANI.PICTORIS.[and] (translation: work of Pisano the painter)
Course History
ARTH 84, Media and Meaning in Renaissance Sculpture, Adrian Randolph, Fall 2013
Exhibition History
The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 7-December 3, 2000.
Renaissance and Mannerist Plaquettes and Medals from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 19-November 21, 2013.
Renaissance Bronzes From The Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 13-August 29, 1993
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hoood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 16, 2009.
From Titian to Sargent: Dartmouth Alumni and Friends Collect, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 12-November 1, 1987.
European Bronzes from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19, 1996-June 22, 1997, no. 6.
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. 4-5.
Barbara J. MacAdam and Hilliard T. Goldfarb, From Titian to Sargent: Dartmouth Alumni and Friends Collect, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, no. 2a/b.
Provenance
Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 1987.
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