Isotta degli Atti of Rimini, d. 1470
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 83 mm
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
Italian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Anne D. Thomson, 1923
Accession Number
23.280.30
Tags
ProfilesWomenElephants
About the Artist
Matteo de' Pasti|Veronese · 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...