Medal of Filippo Maria Visconti
medalist
Pisanello
(Pisa or Verona, by 1395 - about 1455)
Dateabout 1440
Place MadeNorthern Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumLead
Dimensions10.1 cm (4 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS15w30
eMuseum ID730880
EmbARK ObjectID11693
TMS Source ID880
Last Updated8/9/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryDuke Filippo Maria Visconti was among the most politically dominant figures of his times. His aggressive expansionist policies from the 1420s to the 1440s enlarged the Milanese state to incorporate such territories as Genoa, Parma, and Brescia, before expansion into the Romagna ultimately brought it into extended conflict with Venice, Florence, and other Italian city states.
Antonio di Puccio Pisani, known as Pisanello, was an acclaimed painter and lauded as the founder of the modern medal in the Renaissance.
Antonio di Puccio Pisani, known as Pisanello, was an acclaimed painter and lauded as the founder of the modern medal in the Renaissance.
BibliographyNotesPaul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim. Catalogue des Objets d'Art et de haute curiosite Antiques, du Moyen-Age & de la Renaissance composant l'importante et precieuse Collection Spitzer (Paris, 13 April - 16 June 1893), p. 232, lot. 1387.
"Loans Recieved in 1908." Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, 1908), p. 105.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 99.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 45 (7 Jul. 1963), pp. 1-2.
Frederick den Broeder. "Italian Renaissance Medals." Fenway Court (Jan. 1967), pp. 25-32, ill. 28.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 1977), p. 130, no. 160.
Pisanello. Le Peintre aux sept vertus. Exh. cat. (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1996), p. 215, no. 127, ill. p. 205. (entry by Sylvie de Turckheim-Pey)
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 14-15.
"Loans Recieved in 1908." Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, 1908), p. 105.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 99.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 45 (7 Jul. 1963), pp. 1-2.
Frederick den Broeder. "Italian Renaissance Medals." Fenway Court (Jan. 1967), pp. 25-32, ill. 28.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 1977), p. 130, no. 160.
Pisanello. Le Peintre aux sept vertus. Exh. cat. (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1996), p. 215, no. 127, ill. p. 205. (entry by Sylvie de Turckheim-Pey)
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 14-15.
MarksNotesInscribed: (Obverse, in relief capitals, beginning at the bottom): P H I L I P P V S . M A R I A . A N G L V S . D V X . M E D I O L A N I . E C E T E R A P A P I E . A N G L E R I E . Q V E . C O M E S . A C . G E N V E . D O M I N V S .
Inscribed (reverse): O P V S . P I S A N I . P I C T O R I S .
Inscribed (reverse): O P V S . P I S A N I . P I C T O R I S .
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the art dealer Frédéric Spitzer (1815-1890).
Isabella Stewart Gardner purchased at the Spitzer collection sale, Paris on 31 May 1893 (No. 1387) for 399 francs through the art collector Gustave Dreyfus and Ralph W. Curtis (1854–1922), American painter and collector.
Isabella Stewart Gardner purchased at the Spitzer collection sale, Paris on 31 May 1893 (No. 1387) for 399 francs through the art collector Gustave Dreyfus and Ralph W. Curtis (1854–1922), American painter and collector.
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