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VITTORE PISANO (c. 1380-1456)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 649 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PISANO (c. 1380-1456)  , commonly called PISANELLO, See also:Italian medallist, was a native of See also:San Vigilio sul Lago in the territory of See also:Verona . Specimens of his See also:work as a painter are still extant in See also:Rome, See also:Venice, Verona and See also:Pistoia, and entitle him to a See also:place of some distinction in the See also:history of that See also:art . The See also:National See also:Gallery in See also:London possesses a very See also:fine specimen of Pisanello's work=a See also:panel painted with See also:miniature-like delicacy . During the latter portion of his See also:life he lived in Rome, where he enjoyed See also:great repute .

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