- Personage:
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Vittorino Da Feltre
Vittorino Da Feltre, 1379-1447; V. Rambaldoni, born in Feltre. Humanist and Mathematician.
- Artist:
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Antonio Pisano (known as Pisanello)
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Painter and Sculptor, 1395-1455.
He was born in Pisa, worked in Rimini, Venice, Naples, Ferrara and Mantova. Pisanello is considered ‘The Creator’ of the Renaissance medals.
- Description:
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Obverse: VICTORINVS · FELT | RENSIS · SVMMVS. Bust facing left, wearing tall cap with edge turned up and close-fitting gown.
Reverse: Outer circle: MATHEMATICVS · ET · OMNIS · HVMANITATIS · PATER. Inner circle: PISANI · PICTO · RIS · OPVS. Depicted in the center, a pelican in a nest nourishing its chicks with
its own blood. - Background:
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Likely cast in February of 1446, shortly before his death. The pelican scene on the reverse symbolizes his devotion for his pupils.
- Diameter:
- 65 mm. (Max. Diameter reported: 67 mm.); Bronze cast.
- Evaluation:
- Good patina; Original cast with little wear; Filled hole at top.
- Reference:
- Hill 38; Armand, I, 8, 24; Pollard 18-19 = Kress 18-19; Börner 21; Gulbenkian 6; Bargello 15-15a; Morgenroth 10; Johnson/Martini 435-436; Syson/Gordon 48, fig. 3.34; Cordellier 279.