DETAILS
- Artist
- Pisanello
- Date
- 1433
- Medium
- lead
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture
- Italy
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
Stand in front of it and listen
The full narration walks you through Portrait of John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (obverse) and (reverse) — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Pisanello
Pisanello, a master of the early Italian Renaissance, revolutionized portrait medals, capturing powerful figures like Emperor John VIII Palaiologos in bronze.