# Medal of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus \(obverse and reverse\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PISANELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Bronze, 10 cm ## Commentary Medal of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus \(obverse and reverse\) c. 1438 Bronze, 10 cm Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Following both ancient and medieval examples, Pisanello placed John Palaeologus in profile on the obverse \(front\), surrounded by an identifying inscription in Greek. On the reverse \(back\) Palaeologus again appears in profile, on his horse, stopping to pray at a roadside cross. He is also shown departing across the rock-strewn landscape at left. Inscriptions in both Latin and Greek name Pisanello as the medal's creator. ## Related artworks - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apes \(from the artist's sketchbook\)]() - [Apparition of the Virgin to Sts Anthony Abbot and George]() - [Borso d'Este]() - [Borso d'Este]() - [Bust of an Old Man]() - [Cecilia Gonzaga]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Filippo Maria Visconti]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()