DETAILS
- Artist
- Pisanello
- Date
- 1400
- Medium
- Bronze
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 109 mm
- Collection
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Culture
- Italian
- Credit line
- Bequest of Gwynne M. Andrews, 1931
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
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The full narration walks you through Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Sicily — 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.