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Leonello d'Este
Leonello d'Este

Leonello d'Este

Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello) (Italian, about 1395–1455)
about 1443
Place of ManufactureItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast bronze
DimensionsOverall: 61 mm, 0.1 kg (2 3/8 in., 110 gm)
Credit LineLucy Stone Brewer Fund
Accession number23.208
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LEONELLVS MARCHIO ESTENSIS" [words separated by olive-branches]. Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OPVS PISANI·PICTORIS".ProvenanceBy 1875, C.C. Perkins, Boston; 1909, transferred from C.C. Perkins to Charles B. Perkins, Boston; 1923, sold by Charles B. Perkins to the MFA for $1000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 5, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 23.202-209 were acquired together for $1000.
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