Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010724Portrait of John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (obverse) and (reverse)
by Pisanello
About the Artwork
The art of the medal was introduced into Italy by Pisanello, His work as a medalist began with the portrait medal of this emperor, who, in 1438, visited the Council of Ferrara.
Inscriptions
obverse: IWANNHC BACI EVC KAI AVTOKPATWP PWMAIWN O A AIOA O OC [John King and Emperor of the Romans, Palaeologus]
Provenance
Private collection, sold Sotheby & Co., Zurich, May 27, 1974, lot 131, to Blumka Gallery. Blumka Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975). Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455)
- Date
- c. 1438–39
- Medium
- lead
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1974.109
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