Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
Matteo de' Pasti
1441-1467
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Plakette
Department
Den Kongelige Maleri- og Skulptursamling
Museum
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Credit
SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst
Accession Number
KMS5827
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Plakette
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...