Medal of Leon Battista Alberti

Creator:

Pasti, Matteo de', ca. 1420-after 1467

Published/Created:

ca. 1454-1456

Notes:

Alberti (1404-72) claimed that portraits have the capability of making absent friends present and it was perhaps in this context that he had this medal cast. He may have provided a self-portrait drawing for the front. He certainly provided the design for

Topics:

Metalwork -- Italy -- 15th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Renaissance

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

256640

Genre:

sculpture: reliefs (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Iversen, Myth of Egypt & its Hieroglyphs, 1961

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

London, England: British Museum

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 4615

OID:

303013

PID:

digcoll:2158092