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Leone Battista Alberti
Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, about 1420–after 1420)
Italian
Renaissance
about 1446–50
Place of Manufacture: Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 91 mm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Brimmer
Accession Number87.80
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 161.
Kress 56.
DescriptionCircular medal of Leone Battista Alberti (1404-1472), sculptor, architect, and painter.
Obverse: Profile bust of Alberti looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "·LEOBAPTISTA· ·ALBER·".
Reverse: Wreath with eye at center; inscribed at edge "OPVS MATTHAEI·PASTII·VERONENSIS" and below eye "QVID·TVM".
Obverse: Profile bust of Alberti looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "·LEOBAPTISTA· ·ALBER·".
Reverse: Wreath with eye at center; inscribed at edge "OPVS MATTHAEI·PASTII·VERONENSIS" and below eye "QVID·TVM".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "·LEOBAPTISTA· ·ALBER·".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OPVS MATTHAEI·PASTII·VERONENSIS" and below eye "QVID·TVM".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OPVS MATTHAEI·PASTII·VERONENSIS" and below eye "QVID·TVM".
ProvenanceBy 1887, Martin Brimmer; 1887, gift of Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 1887)
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