Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: galleria estense

Dated 1537.

Painted by Francesco Bianchi Ferrari in about 1500.

original by L’Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) and copy from the same workshop. Original from around 1490, copy from 1495–1530.

By Francesco Bianchi Ferrari, about 1490–1495.

A story from Boccaccio’s Decameron. Painted by Apollonio di Giovanni, about 1440.

By Tintoretto.

A story from Boccaccio’s Decameron. Painted by Apollonio di Giovanni, about 1440.

By Antonio Lombardo, about 1510–1515. The text reads in translation: “I, Mars, do not fight well if I do not remove my uniform”. This refers to his battles with Venus.

A story from Boccaccio’s Decameron. Painted by Apollonio di Giovanni, about 1440.

By Francesco Bianchi Ferrari, about 1490–1495.

By Francesco Bianchi Ferrari, about 1490–1495.

“Francesco II came to power in 1674 at just fourteen. With little interest in governing, he made his mark above all as a patron of music, and left an unequalled legacy of musical scores, texts and manuscripts in the Biblioteca Estense (which he re-founded in Modena). He also reinstalled part of the family art collections in a new ‘gallery’ of drawings, medals, objects and sculptures, which would henceforth be greatly admired by visitors to the Ducal Palace in Modena.” Francesco II died aged 34 in 1694, he was not married nor did he father any children. His sister maried king James II of England.

By Bartolomeo Bonascia (1450–1527)