Objekt 9162
The First Medals
Description
Renaissance Showpiece
The medallion on the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, who engineered the union between the Greek and Roman churches in 1439, echoes the showpiece on Emperor Heraclius but relies on the artistic means of the Renaissance.
Object description
Medal by Antonio Pisano, called Pisanello (1395–1455), on the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaeologus (1425–1448) in bronze frame, model datable to 1439
Bronze, chased cast
Inv. 1906.2352.