A BRONZE PORTRAIT MEDAL OF LEONELLO D'ESTE

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A BRONZE PORTRAIT MEDAL OF LEONELLO D'ESTE
BY ANTONIO DI PUCCIO, CALLED PISANELLO

The obverse with a profile portrait of Leonello d'Este, inscribed 'GE.R.AR.' and 'LEONELLUS.MARCHIO.ESTENSIS.' and '.D.FERRARIE.REGII.ET.MUTINE.'; the reverse with an allegorical scene of a lion and a genius (Amor) standing in a rocky landscape in front of a stele and underneath an eagle in a tree, inscribed '.M.CCCCXLIII' and '.OPUS.PISANI. PICTORIS.', olive brown patina
3 7/8in. (10.0cm.) diameter

拍品专文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G. Hill and G. Pollard, Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London, 1967, no. 10
S. Scher, ed., The Currency of Fame, New York, 1994, no. 5

This is an outstanding example of one of Pisanello's most beautiful medals. Commissioned in 1444, the year of Leonello's marriage to Maria of Aragon, the medal on the reverse shows Love teaching Leonello (the lion) to sing.