A vintage oil painting on canvas, Portrait of Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg, after the original tempera on panel painting, 1433, Antonio Pisanello, Italian, 1395 to 1455. Unsigned. Circa: 20th century. Framed. Antonio Pisanello was one of the most distinguished painters of the early Italian Renaissance and Quattrocento. He was acclaimed by poets such as Guarino da Verona and praised by humanists of his time, who compared him to such illustrious names as Cimabue, Phidias and Praxiteles. Pisanello is known for his resplendent frescoes in large murals, elegant portraits, small easel pictures, and many brilliant drawings such as those in the Codex Vallardi Louvre. He is the most important commemorative portrait medallist in the first half of the 15th century, and he can claim to have originated this important genre. One of a kind artwork.