Portrait of Leonello D'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (obverse)
Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455)
c. 1440–1444
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
diam. 7 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Accession Number
1971.4.a
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Renaissance medals usually show a person on the front and a symbolic element on the back, creating an overall statement about the individual. Lionello d'Este was one of the most sophisticated patrons in Renaissance Italy, and he was one of the first figures to sponsor the tradition of medals in the 1400s.