ITALY
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta of Rimini
Bronze medal, n.d., by Pisanello, 83mm, 191.7g, bust right, SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS ARIMINI FANI D, rev. Malatesta in armour facing, holding his sword, ornately crested and crowned helmet and his shield hanging on two rose bushes, OPVS PISANI PICTORIS (Armand I, 5, 15 ; Hill 33 ; Kress 12).
PROVENANCE: Collection Anvers. Elsen, auction 123, lot 1645.
Modern copy, small spots of verdigris, about extremely fine to extremely fine.