In the late 18th and nineteenth century there was a development in general public open up air statues of community figures on plinths. Along with monarches, politicians, generals, landowners, and ultimately artists and writers had been commemorated. Medal of John VIII Palaeologus, c. 1435, by Pisanello, the primary portrait medal, https://arthurvpgwl.bloggip.com/29323445/fascination-about-pop-art-sculpture