- Personage:
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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1/2)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, “Signore” of Rimini since 1432, (1417-1467)
- 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: · SIGISMVNDVSPANDVlFVs · MALATESTA · PANF · Bust facing left, wearing cuirass and surcoat.
Reverse: CASTELLVM · SISMVNDVM · ARIMINENCE · M · CCCC · XLVI · Scene: The Castle of Rimini, depicting mainly square towers a curtain-wall and entrance.
- Background:
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Cast in 1446, one of many cast for Sigismondo.
- Diameter:
- 81.9 mm. Bronze cast.
- Evaluation:
- Good patina; Good condition, softer details; Possibly older cast.
- Reference:
- Hill, Corpus 185.