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PAOLO DA
AVALOS (Don Inigo d’), Grand Chamber-
lain of Naples.
44. Obv. • DON • INIGO • • DE • DAVALOS (olive-
spray). Bust r., wearing fur-trimmed robe, and
hat with broad rounded brim, with drapery
falling from crown to shoulder.
Rev. • OPVS • PISANI • PICTORIS • (olive-spray).
A sphere representing the earth (mountains,
trees, two cities) between starry heavens and sea ;
below, (rosette) PER VVI SE FA (rosette), and above,
RAGUSA 44-5
between two blossoming rose-branches, a shield
(heater-shaped) of arms of Avalos.
Arm. I, 2, 1 (83 mm.). Heiss, Pis., p. 28, no. 21, Pl. viii,
3. Hill, Pis., pp. 207 f., Pl. 63. Hab., Pl. xi, 2. [c. Pl. 11.]
(a) Berlin, 77 mm. Friedl., p. 40, no. 25, Pl. v (diam.
wrongly given as 82 mm.). Hill, op. cit. (b) Florence,
78 mm. Sup., no. 2, Pl. i. Good, (c) London,
f 77 mm. Keary, no. 9. S. I. M., Pl. 9. Guide Ren.
Med., p. 13, fig. 8. (^) Paris (Valton), f 78 mm.
Made doubtless during Pisanello’s stay at Naples, prob-
ably 1448-9. The reverse is inspired by the Homeric
shield of Achilles. The diameter (83 mm.) given by Fried-
lander and Armand appears to be an error.
MEDALS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY PISANELLO OF WHICH
NO EXAMPLES ARE NOW KNOWN
See Hill, Pis., pp. 188 ff. Many of the portraits which
have been mentioned in this connexion were paintings and
not medals.
The following list gives the authorities on which the
records depend.
1. Alfonso V in armour, rev. helmet. Paolo Giovio (letter
to Cosimo de’ Medici, quoted by Vasari, ed. Milanesi,
~ iii, p. 11).
2. Giovanni Aurispa (Arm. I, 9, 27). Basinio of Parma
(poem soon after 1447; see text in Venturi, Vasari,
Vite: G. da Fabriano e il Pisanello, pp. 56 f.). See
also no. 1215.
3. Basinio of Parma (Arm. I, 12, 37). Basinio.
4. Braccio da Montone (Arm. I, 12, 38). Vasari. Prob-
ably a confusion with the medal of Piccinino (no. 22).
5. Giov. Caracciolo, Grand Seneschal of Naples (Arm. I,
12, 39). Vasari.
6. Girolamo Castelli ? (Arm. I, 12, 42). Basinio.
7. Borso d’Este (Arm. I, 12, 40). Vasari. Two drawings,
perhaps by Pisanello, in Codex Vallardi, fol. 66, no.
2322, and 63, no. 2314; Heiss, Niccolo, &c., pp. 19-20.
8. Ercole d’ Este (Arm. I, 12, 41). Vasari.
9. Carlo Gonzaga (Arm. I, 13, 43). Basinio.
10. Guarino of Verona (Arm. I, 13, 44). Basinio.
11. John VIII Palaeologus, rev. Cross supported by two
hands. Giovio. See above, note on no. 19.
12. Carlo Malatesta (Arm. I, 13, 46). Vasari. Possibly
a confusion with the Malatesta Novello.
13. Sigismondo Malatesta and Isotta. Giovio. See above,
note on no. 33.
14. Martin V, with Colonna arms (Arm. I, 13, 47). Giovio.
15. Filippo de’ Medici, Archbishop of Pisa (Arm. I, 11,
33). Vasari. The extant medal is by Bertoldo
(no. 914).
16. Mohammad II (Arm. I, 13, 45). Giovio. Apparently
the medal with a recumbent figure on the rev. copied
from the medal of Leonello d’ Este (no. 1202).
17. Giannantonio Pandoni [Porcellio] (Arm. 1,13, 48). Por-
cellio (in laudem Pisani Pictoris, Venturi, p. 62) and
Basinio.
18. Niccolo Piccinino with tall cap, rev. Horse in armour.
Giovio.
19. [Giovanni?] Toscanella (Arm. I, 13, 49). Basinio.
20. Giangaleazzo Visconti [died 1402] (Arm. I, 12, 36).
Vasari. The extant medals are later than Pisanello
(nos. 636-9).
For other medals, the attribution of which to Pisanello
depends on modern writers only, see Alberti (nos. 16, 17),
Alfonso V of Aragon (no. 49), Dante (nos. 1092, 1100, 1101),
Niccolo HI d’ Este (nos. 73, 74), Cosimo de’ Medici (no. 910
bis and note), Tito Vespasiano Strozzi (no. 125). For the
medals with Pisanello’s portrait, see nos. 77, 87. A sketch
for a medal of Nicholas V (rev. Atlas bearing globe, between
crossed keys and tiara) is in the Codex Vallardi (fol. 65,
no. 2319 ; Heiss, Pis., p. 38; Hill, Papers Br. School Rome,
ix, p. 17) and may be from Pisanello’s hand.
PAOLO DA RAGUSA
PRESUMABLY identical with the Paolo d’Antonio da Ragusa, who was an assistant
to Donatello when making the pala for the altar of the Santo at Padua in 1447. The
medals signed by him were all probably made in the same year, 1450, at Naples.
Since Federigo’s nose is unbroken, the portrait cannot be later than the tourney of that
year; nor yet earlier, since he then first assumed the title of commander of the
Neapolitan armies. Note the bar-less A on nos. 1 and 2.
Arm. I, p. 26. Bolzenthal, p. 40. Friedl., p. 191. Fabr., p. 98. Rolfs, Laurana, p. 22. Venturi, Storia, vi, pp. 461-3.
Karabacek, Abendl. Kunstler zu Konstantinopel (Denkschr. k. Akad. Wien, 62, 1, 1918), pp. 31 f.
ALFONSO V, King of Aragon. wearing embroidered surcoat over mail. Linear
45. Obv. ALFONSVS REX ARAGONVM Bust r., border.
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AVALOS (Don Inigo d’), Grand Chamber-
lain of Naples.
44. Obv. • DON • INIGO • • DE • DAVALOS (olive-
spray). Bust r., wearing fur-trimmed robe, and
hat with broad rounded brim, with drapery
falling from crown to shoulder.
Rev. • OPVS • PISANI • PICTORIS • (olive-spray).
A sphere representing the earth (mountains,
trees, two cities) between starry heavens and sea ;
below, (rosette) PER VVI SE FA (rosette), and above,
RAGUSA 44-5
between two blossoming rose-branches, a shield
(heater-shaped) of arms of Avalos.
Arm. I, 2, 1 (83 mm.). Heiss, Pis., p. 28, no. 21, Pl. viii,
3. Hill, Pis., pp. 207 f., Pl. 63. Hab., Pl. xi, 2. [c. Pl. 11.]
(a) Berlin, 77 mm. Friedl., p. 40, no. 25, Pl. v (diam.
wrongly given as 82 mm.). Hill, op. cit. (b) Florence,
78 mm. Sup., no. 2, Pl. i. Good, (c) London,
f 77 mm. Keary, no. 9. S. I. M., Pl. 9. Guide Ren.
Med., p. 13, fig. 8. (^) Paris (Valton), f 78 mm.
Made doubtless during Pisanello’s stay at Naples, prob-
ably 1448-9. The reverse is inspired by the Homeric
shield of Achilles. The diameter (83 mm.) given by Fried-
lander and Armand appears to be an error.
MEDALS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY PISANELLO OF WHICH
NO EXAMPLES ARE NOW KNOWN
See Hill, Pis., pp. 188 ff. Many of the portraits which
have been mentioned in this connexion were paintings and
not medals.
The following list gives the authorities on which the
records depend.
1. Alfonso V in armour, rev. helmet. Paolo Giovio (letter
to Cosimo de’ Medici, quoted by Vasari, ed. Milanesi,
~ iii, p. 11).
2. Giovanni Aurispa (Arm. I, 9, 27). Basinio of Parma
(poem soon after 1447; see text in Venturi, Vasari,
Vite: G. da Fabriano e il Pisanello, pp. 56 f.). See
also no. 1215.
3. Basinio of Parma (Arm. I, 12, 37). Basinio.
4. Braccio da Montone (Arm. I, 12, 38). Vasari. Prob-
ably a confusion with the medal of Piccinino (no. 22).
5. Giov. Caracciolo, Grand Seneschal of Naples (Arm. I,
12, 39). Vasari.
6. Girolamo Castelli ? (Arm. I, 12, 42). Basinio.
7. Borso d’Este (Arm. I, 12, 40). Vasari. Two drawings,
perhaps by Pisanello, in Codex Vallardi, fol. 66, no.
2322, and 63, no. 2314; Heiss, Niccolo, &c., pp. 19-20.
8. Ercole d’ Este (Arm. I, 12, 41). Vasari.
9. Carlo Gonzaga (Arm. I, 13, 43). Basinio.
10. Guarino of Verona (Arm. I, 13, 44). Basinio.
11. John VIII Palaeologus, rev. Cross supported by two
hands. Giovio. See above, note on no. 19.
12. Carlo Malatesta (Arm. I, 13, 46). Vasari. Possibly
a confusion with the Malatesta Novello.
13. Sigismondo Malatesta and Isotta. Giovio. See above,
note on no. 33.
14. Martin V, with Colonna arms (Arm. I, 13, 47). Giovio.
15. Filippo de’ Medici, Archbishop of Pisa (Arm. I, 11,
33). Vasari. The extant medal is by Bertoldo
(no. 914).
16. Mohammad II (Arm. I, 13, 45). Giovio. Apparently
the medal with a recumbent figure on the rev. copied
from the medal of Leonello d’ Este (no. 1202).
17. Giannantonio Pandoni [Porcellio] (Arm. 1,13, 48). Por-
cellio (in laudem Pisani Pictoris, Venturi, p. 62) and
Basinio.
18. Niccolo Piccinino with tall cap, rev. Horse in armour.
Giovio.
19. [Giovanni?] Toscanella (Arm. I, 13, 49). Basinio.
20. Giangaleazzo Visconti [died 1402] (Arm. I, 12, 36).
Vasari. The extant medals are later than Pisanello
(nos. 636-9).
For other medals, the attribution of which to Pisanello
depends on modern writers only, see Alberti (nos. 16, 17),
Alfonso V of Aragon (no. 49), Dante (nos. 1092, 1100, 1101),
Niccolo HI d’ Este (nos. 73, 74), Cosimo de’ Medici (no. 910
bis and note), Tito Vespasiano Strozzi (no. 125). For the
medals with Pisanello’s portrait, see nos. 77, 87. A sketch
for a medal of Nicholas V (rev. Atlas bearing globe, between
crossed keys and tiara) is in the Codex Vallardi (fol. 65,
no. 2319 ; Heiss, Pis., p. 38; Hill, Papers Br. School Rome,
ix, p. 17) and may be from Pisanello’s hand.
PAOLO DA RAGUSA
PRESUMABLY identical with the Paolo d’Antonio da Ragusa, who was an assistant
to Donatello when making the pala for the altar of the Santo at Padua in 1447. The
medals signed by him were all probably made in the same year, 1450, at Naples.
Since Federigo’s nose is unbroken, the portrait cannot be later than the tourney of that
year; nor yet earlier, since he then first assumed the title of commander of the
Neapolitan armies. Note the bar-less A on nos. 1 and 2.
Arm. I, p. 26. Bolzenthal, p. 40. Friedl., p. 191. Fabr., p. 98. Rolfs, Laurana, p. 22. Venturi, Storia, vi, pp. 461-3.
Karabacek, Abendl. Kunstler zu Konstantinopel (Denkschr. k. Akad. Wien, 62, 1, 1918), pp. 31 f.
ALFONSO V, King of Aragon. wearing embroidered surcoat over mail. Linear
45. Obv. ALFONSVS REX ARAGONVM Bust r., border.
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