Niccolò III d'Este (1383-1441), Marquess of Ferrara 1393

Platt collection; after 1947, purchased by Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 1976, deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 19 November 1979, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Hill, George Francis. "A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance Before Cellini." London: British Museum, 1930. p. 17, no. 73
• Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 69
• Armand, Alfred. "Les médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles." 2nd ed. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883-1887. I: p. 19, I: no. 30
• Chazen Museum of Art. "European Medals in the Chazen Museum of Art: Highlights from the Vernon Hall Collection and Later Acquisitions." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2014. pp. 34-35, 146, cat. no. 8
• Heiss, Aloïs. "Les médailleurs de la Renaissance." 9 vol. Paris: J. Rothchild, 1881-1892. III, p. 46, no. 3
• Boccolari, Giorgio. "Le medaglie di casa d'Este." Modena, 1987. p. 30, no. 4
• Museo Poldi Pezzoli. "Le muse e il principe. Arte de corte nel Rinascimento padano. Catalogo." exh. cat. Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, 1991. pp. 58-59, no. 2
• Corradini, Elena. "Medallic Portraits of the Este." In "The Image of the Individual: Portraits in the Renaissance," edited by Nicholas Mann and Luke Syson, 22-39. London: British Museum Press, 1998. pp. 25-26, fig. 1

• Europe
• Medals
• Vernon Hall Collection

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