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Isotta degli Atti
Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, about 1420–after 1420)
Italian
Renaissance
about 1450
Place of Manufacture: Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 82 mm, 280.1 gm (3 1/4 in., 9.88 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Brimmer
Accession Number87.77
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 187.
Kress 63.
DescriptionCircular medal of Isotta degli Atti of Rimini (born 1432/33-1474), mistress and then third wife of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta.
Obverse: Profile bust of Isotta Degli Atti looking to proper left, with lots of hair; inscribed at edge "D·ISOTTAE·ARIMINENSI".
Reverse: Male elephant looking to proper left; inscribed below "MCCCC·XLVI".
Obverse: Profile bust of Isotta Degli Atti looking to proper left, with lots of hair; inscribed at edge "D·ISOTTAE·ARIMINENSI".
Reverse: Male elephant looking to proper left; inscribed below "MCCCC·XLVI".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "D·ISOTTAE·ARIMINENSI" ["(Diva or Domina) Isotta of Rimini"].
Reverse: Inscribed below "MCCCC·XLVI" ["1446"].
Reverse: Inscribed below "MCCCC·XLVI" ["1446"].
ProvenanceBy 1887, Martin Brimmer; 1887, gift of Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 1887)