Closed Book [reverse]
Matteo de' Pasti
c. 1454
![Closed Book [reverse] by Matteo de' Pasti](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/closed-book-reverse-nga-44426.webp)
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.15 cm (1 5/8 in.) gross weight: 44.3 gr (0.098 lb.) axis: 11:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.657.b
About the Artist
Matteo de' Pasti · 1420–1467
Matteo de' Pasti (c. 1420–c. 1467) was an Italian medalist, illuminator, and architect active in the mid-fifteenth century, best known as the principal artist of the brilliant humanist court of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta in Rimini. The precise details of his early training are not fully documented, but he was active as a miniature painter and illuminator before establishing himself as one of th...