EditorialAntonio Di Puccio Pisano (Pisanello), John VIII Paleologus (1392-1448), Emperor of Constantinople 1425-1448, ca. 1438, lead, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.), Pisanello, a trained painter, combined his interest in classical coins with portraiture to produce a medi...
EditorialJacques de Gheyn, John VIII Paleologus (Johannes VII Paleologus), ca. 1595, engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (17.15 cm x 14.92 cm), Dutch painter and engraver Jacques de Gheyn belonged to a group of artists who overcame the exaggera...
EditorialAntonio Di Puccio Pisano (Pisanello), John VIII Paleologus (1392-1448), Emperor of Constantinople 1425-1448, ca. 1438 (aftercast), bronze, 3 7/8 in. (9.84 cm), Pisanello, a trained painter, combined his interest in classical coins with portraiture to p...