1st Edition
Medals of Condottieri in Quattrocento Italy The Art of Aspiration
Introduction
1. The advent of a new form
2. The Sforza of Milan and Pesaro: diversity of approaches
3. The Malatesta: versatility of the medal
4. Federico da Montefeltro: variety delights
5. Medals of lesser signori-condottieri
6. Giovanni Bentivoglio: a chivalrous princeps
7. Bartolomeo Colleoni: “a new image of Justice”
8. The Este: the importance of public image
9. The Gonzaga: knights and protectors
10. Concluding remarks
Afterword
Biography
Agnieszka Smołucha-Sładkowska, PhD, is a curator of medals at the numismatic cabinet of the National Museum in Kraków (the Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum). She is the author of many academic articles in publications, including Artibus et Historiae, The Medal and The Numismatic Chronicle.
