Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (Cleveland Museum of Art 1938.309)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1445
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1938.309: Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (reverse), c. 1445. Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). Inscribed: obverse: DVX EQVITVM PRAESTANS; across: MALATESTA NOVELLVS CESNAE DOMINVS.. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
- Material and technique
- bronze
Design
- Inscription
- obverse: DVX EQVITVM PRAESTANS; across: MALATESTA NOVELLVS CESNAE DOMINVS.
Identification
- Date recorded
- c. 1445
- Culture period
- Italy
- Maker recorded
- Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455)
- Museum attribution
- Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1938.309
- Published references
- Milliken, William. "A Medal by Pisanello." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 1 (January 1940): 5-7. Mentioned: p. 6; Reproduced: p. 11
- Museum classification
- Sculpture
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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