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Portrait of Leonello D'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (obverse and reverse)

Pisanello

Date: c. 1440–1444
Medium: bronze
Culture: Italy, 15th century
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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