Within the late 18th and 19th century there was a progress in public open air statues of general public figures on plinths. And also monarches, politicians, generals, landowners, and at some point artists and writers were being commemorated. Medal of John VIII Palaeologus, c. 1435, by Pisanello, the primary portrait https://franciscozpiuh.bloggin-ads.com/52730130/indicators-on-urban-art-figurine-you-should-know