Pisanello

The first certainly known medal was struck for Francesco Carrara (Novello) on the occasion of the capture of Padua in 1390, but practically the vogue of this form of art was created by Vittore Pisano, called Pisanello

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Vittore Pisano (1380-1456), called Pisanello, was the earliest painter of note, but he was not distinctly Veronese in his art.

A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894

It really is important, I believe, if we want to understand the intense beauty of Renaissance and Baroque art, to grasp the polarities of visual experience an artist such as Pisanello was accustomed to.

Pisanello at the British Museum: a gory delight 2010

Berlin art "Renaissance Faces: Masterpieces of Italian Portraiture" is a collaborative exhibition with New York's Metropolitan Museum, exploring the evolution of the portrait styles of the 15th century, including artwork by Botticelli, Bellini, Lombardi, Pisanello and many others.

What's on Around Europe 2011

Daily Pic: A commemorative medal from 1438, by the great Italian artist Pisanello, celebrates the arrival of the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaeologus in Italy, to discuss collective war against the Turks and the healing of the schism in the church.

Gopnik's Daily Pic: The first commemorative medal Blake Gopnik 2010

We note, for example, the long, narrow d'Este face, captured by Pisanello in his portraits of Leonello, the marquess of Ferrara, in a Rogier van der Weyden portrait of Leonello's "natural son."

From Out of a Featureless Crowd Karen Wilkin 2012

As art historians Alex Nagel and Chris Woods have argued, by faithfully depicting a Greek from the east, Pisanello may have felt he was also looking back in time at the Greece of Socrates and Praxiteles.

Gopnik's Daily Pic: The first commemorative medal Blake Gopnik 2010

This is the first commemorative medal ever made, which means Pisanello is at the root of a tradition that leads squarely to the Franklin Mint.

Gopnik's Daily Pic: The first commemorative medal Blake Gopnik 2010

In the lakeside despotism that was 15th-century Mantua, the gifted artist Pisanello drew birds, beasts, the thrill of the hunt.

Pisanello at the British Museum: a gory delight 2010

Pisanello observes the twisted heads and dangling limbs of the executed on their gibbets, with the same accuracy he brings to his more beautiful studies.

Pisanello at the British Museum: a gory delight 2010