The sitter can be identified as Doge Loredan by comparing his features with portrait medals of him.
Those likenesses, including paintings and sculptures, appeared in many mediums, and of them portrait medals are among the least studied.
He produced many portrait medals, not only of clients, but also of relatives and friends.
Pisanello thus became the inventor of the fields of portrait medals and related medallic art.
The portrait medal has never lost its intimacy.
Jonghelinck also made a portrait medal for his literary opponent Granvelle.
The portrait medal invented by Pisanello also often depicted women.
It is generally considered to be the first portrait medal of the Renaissance.
It is probable that the Pisanello's portrait medals were cast with the intention of reviving the form of ancient coins.
In 1562 he travelled to England, where he produced the first portrait medals of private individuals to be made in that country.
