- Personage:
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Guarino Da Verona
Guarino Da Verona, Humanist. Verona (1370-1460).
- Artist:
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Matteo de’ Pasti
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Medallist, Sculptor, Painter. Verona, 1405-1467.
Matteo de’ Pasti lived mainly at the court of the Malatesta in Rimini.
- Description:
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Obverse: · GVVARINVS · VERONENSIS · Bust facing left, aged, cloak fastened on the left shoulder.
Reverse: · MATTHEVS · DE PASTIS · And below F. Within a laurel-wreath, a fountain surmounted by nude male figure, on a globe, with mace and shield.
- Background:
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Likely cast in 1446 when Matteo was working for the Ferrarese court.
- Diameter:
- 87 mm. Bronze cast with greenish oxidation.
- Evaluation:
- Considerable wear — details obscured. Statue on the fountain very approximate. Likely a more recent cast.
- Reference:
- Hill 158; Kress 55.