Medal of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
medalist
Pisanello
(Pisa or Verona, by 1395 - about 1455)
Dateabout 1445
Place MadeNorthern Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumBronze
Dimensions8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsMedals and Medallions
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS15w31
eMuseum ID730852
EmbARK ObjectID11694
TMS Source ID881
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
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. 1384.
"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), pp. 99-100.
“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. 29.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 1977), p. 131, no. 162.
Pisanello. Le Peintre aux sept vertus. Exh. cat. (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1996), p. 404, no. 278, ill. p. 401. (entry by Sylvie de Turckheim-Pey)
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 14-16, fig. 3.
"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), pp. 99-100.
“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. 29.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 1977), p. 131, no. 162.
Pisanello. Le Peintre aux sept vertus. Exh. cat. (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1996), p. 404, no. 278, ill. p. 401. (entry by Sylvie de Turckheim-Pey)
Tanya Karpiak. "The medallic secrets of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." The Medal (Autumn 2014), pp. 14-16, fig. 3.
MarksNotesInscribed in relief capitals (obverse); S I G I S M V N D V S . P A N D V L F V S . D E . M A L A T E S T I S . A R I M I N I . F A N I . D
Signed in relief capitals (reverse): O P V S P I S A N I . P I C T O R I S .
Signed in relief capitals (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. 1384) for 1176 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. 1384) for 1176 francs through the art collector Gustave Dreyfus and Ralph W. Curtis (1854–1922), American painter and collector.
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