# Fortitude, seated on two elephants \(reverse\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PASTI, Matteo de&#39;](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Bronze medal, diameter 8 cm

## Commentary

This is the reverse of the medal representing Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta. It shows the figure of Fortitude, holding a broken column and seated on two elephants. The Malatesta family adopted the elephant as part of their heraldry, as it stood for strength and fame.

## Related artworks

- [Bust of Leon Battista Alberti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/bust-of-leon-battista-alberti-rc666d60a16a5d4>)
- [Guarino Guarini da Verona](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/guarino-guarini-da-verona-r7eee484f4bcc2c>)
- [Isotta degli Atti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/isotta-degli-atti-r4e68fb6eac2a4c>)
- [Medal of Leon Battista Alberti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/medal-of-leon-battista-alberti-r53f89edca29e67>)
- [Medal of Leon Battista Alberti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/medal-of-leon-battista-alberti-r871d7387c37eee>)
- [Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta \(obverse\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/portrait-of-sigismondo-pandolfo-malatesta-obverse-r4c05848ff2aa2f>)
- [Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/sigismondo-pandolfo-malatesta-r4dcc91603ee918>)
- [Tempio Malatestiana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/tempio-malatestiana-r38090d8079636f>)
- [Tomb of Isotta degli Atti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/tomb-of-isotta-degli-atti-rabc2db34ace6fc>)
- [View of the Cappella di Isotta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pasti-matteo-de-r9c5e49ffb26f1e/view-of-the-cappella-di-isotta-r4b2af92ea2d185>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)