{"id":36478,"date":"2026-05-05T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/tom-xv-notae-numismaticae-zapiski-numizmatyczne\/pairing-antagonists-pisanellos-medals-of-niccolo-piccinino-and-francesco-sforza-zestawiajac-przeciwnikow-medale-niccola-piccinina-i-francesca-sforzy-autorstwa-pisanella\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:03:28","slug":"pairing-antagonists-pisanellos-medals-of-niccolo-piccinino-and-francesco-sforza-zestawiajac-przeciwnikow-medale-niccola-piccinina-i-francesca-sforzy-autorstwa-pisanella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/tom-xv-notae-numismaticae-zapiski-numizmatyczne\/pairing-antagonists-pisanellos-medals-of-niccolo-piccinino-and-francesco-sforza-zestawiajac-przeciwnikow-medale-niccola-piccinina-i-francesca-sforzy-autorstwa-pisanella\/","title":{"rendered":"Pairing Antagonists: Pisanello\u2019s Medals of Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino and Francesco Sforza Zestawiaj\u0105c przeciwnik\u00f3w. Medale Niccola Piccinina i Francesca Sforzy autorstwa Pisanella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Agnieszka Smo\u0142ucha\u2011S\u0142adkowska, National Museum in Krakow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORCID: 0000\u20110001\u20115765\u20115567<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pairing Antagonists: Pisanello\u2019s Medals of Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino and Francesco Sforza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract: <\/strong>Among the early medals made by Pisanello (Antonio Pisano, c. 1395\u2013c. 1455), considered as the \u201cinventor of the modern medal\u201d, there are two of mercenary captains, Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino and Francesco Sforza (the future duke of Milan). At the alleged moment of the medals\u2019 execution both condottieri were in the service of Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan, who appears to have been the most probable commissioner. The pairing of these two captains was not coincidental \u2013 they were successors to the leaders of the two greatest Italian military companies, the bracceschi (led by Braccio da Montone) and the sforzeschi (of Muzio Attendolo Sforza), whose juxtaposition soon became a topos among contemporary chroniclers and biographers. The article outlines the political background of the commission and discusses the content and iconography of the two medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key words: <\/strong>Pisanello, Filippo Maria Visconti, Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino, Francesco Sforza, condottieri (mercenary captains)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOI: <\/strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52800\/ajst.1.a.14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smo\u0142ucha\u2011S\u0142adkowska, A. 2020. \u201cPairing Antagonists: Pisanello\u2019s Medals of Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino and Francesco Sforza\u201d, Notae Numismaticae \u2013 Zapiski Numizmatyczne <\/em>15: 275\u2013304. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52800\/ajst.1.a.14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agnieszka Smo\u0142ucha\u2011S\u0142adkowska, National Museum in Krakow ORCID: 0000\u20110001\u20115765\u20115567 Pairing Antagonists: Pisanello\u2019s Medals of Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino and Francesco Sforza Abstract: Among the early medals made by Pisanello (Antonio Pisano, c. 1395\u2013c. 1455), considered as the \u201cinventor of the modern medal\u201d, there are two of mercenary captains, Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino and Francesco Sforza (the future duke of Milan). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":36441,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36480,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36478\/revisions\/36480"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}