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Leonello d'Este
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello) (Italian, about 1395–1455)
Italian
Renaissance
about 1440–50
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 67 mm, 160 gm (2 5/8 in., 5.64 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee
Accession Number27.820
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 27.
Kress 7.
DescriptionCircular medal of Leonello d'Este (born 1407, marquess of Ferrara 1441-50).
Obverse: Profile bust of Leonello d'Este looking to the proper right; inscribed at edge "MARCHIO ESTENSIS LEONELLVS" [words separated by olive branches between].
Reverse: Two nude figures, aged and young, holding baskets of olive branches above and flanked by rain clouds over covered vessels (Isaiah XIV.3); inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
Obverse: Profile bust of Leonello d'Este looking to the proper right; inscribed at edge "MARCHIO ESTENSIS LEONELLVS" [words separated by olive branches between].
Reverse: Two nude figures, aged and young, holding baskets of olive branches above and flanked by rain clouds over covered vessels (Isaiah XIV.3); inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "MARCHIO ESTENSIS LEONELLVS" [words separated by olive branches between].
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OPVS·PISANI·PICTORIS".
ProvenanceBy 1927, Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee; 1927, gift of Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1927)