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Portrait of Lionel d'Este Pisanello, 1441
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Portrait of Lionel d'Este

Pisanello · 1441

Why it's great

A young prince in a rich blue and gold coat looks off to the side in profile. Pisanello painted Leonello d'Este, the ruler of Ferrara, around 1441, and Pisanello was also famous for making medals.

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📍 Accademia CarraraBergamo, Italy

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About the artist

Pisanello

1395–1455 · born in Pisa · died in Rome

Pisanello was an Italian painter and medal maker, born in about 1395. He painted elegant, detailed pictures of knights, ladies and animals for noble courts, and he invented the portrait medal. He died in about 1455.

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