In 1461 he was sent by Sigismondo Malatesta to Istanbul to work at Mekhmed II's court. But the sculptor failed to reach Istanbul because he was arrested as a spy by the Venetian authorities in Crete.[4]
References
^"Matteo di Andrea de' Pasti Brief Biography". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
^"Matteo medals". Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
^RABY, J. (1982). A Sultan of Paradox: Mehmed the Conqueror as a Patron of the Arts. Oxford Art Journal, 5(1), 3–8
External links
European sculpture and metalwork, a collection catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on de' Pasti (see index)