PASTI, Matteo de'
(b. ca. 1420, Verona, d. ca. 1468, Rimini)

Bust of Leon Battista Alberti

c. 1450
Cast bronze, diameter 9,3 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was primarily a theoretician, not a practitioner of visual arts. However, he designed his self-portrait for a cast medal in the style of antique Roman imperial coins. The medal was executed by Matteo de' Pasti.




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