Italy. DOMENICO NOVELLA MALATESTA, LORD OF CESENA AND CERVIA. By Pisanello. Bronze electrotype 84mm. Pollard 15, Hill 165-166. $175. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020).————- Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello was born in Pisa around 1395. He died in Rome around 1455. An artist of great talent, he is credited with the introduction of the Renaissance medal. He regarded himself foremost as a painter, signing his medals as such (e.g. Opus Pisani Pictoris [The work of Pisanello the painter]). Although many artists began creating medals soon after Pisanello introduced this new medium, his medals are generally regarded as the finest of the period.