LIONELLO D’ESTE (1407-50),
as Marquis of Ferrara (from 1441), Medal in old cast bronze, by Pisanello, Antonio Pisano (c.1395-1456). Obv: Portrait of Lionello d’Este wearing scale armour right, legend: LEONELLVS . MARCHIO . ESTENSIS . Rev: A mask of a triple faced child between two poleyns suspended from juniper branches, signed: OPVS . PISANI . PICTORIS .pierced otherwise only light wear on the highest points with dark and lighter patination, 67mm
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£500 - £1,000
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Hammer price:
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£1,300 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The
triple-head is found on the shoulder-piece of King Alfonso’s armour in a drawing
by Pisanello in the Louvre.
Literature:
Renaissance Portrait Medals. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 7,
No. 3, March 1912, pp. 50-51.
