Jesus Christ [obverse]

Matteo de' Pasti

c. 1464/1468

Jesus Christ [obverse] by Matteo de' Pasti

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 9.31 cm (3 11/16 in.) gross weight: 368.82 gr (0.813 lb.) axis: 11:00

Classification

Sculpture

Department

CSD

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.649.a

About the Artist

Matteo de' Pasti · 14201467

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...

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