Matteo de' Pasti

Matteo di Andrea de' Pasti (1420-1467/1468) was an Italian sculptor and medalist.

He worked on many royal commissions, including work for Lionello d'Este and Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta.

Matteo collaborated with the architect Leone Battista Alberti on the design and construction of the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini.

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.