Concerto (c. 1490), National Gallery, London.

Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1451 – 1496), also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and the School of Ferrara. He was profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2587, 341 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Singer ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2587, 341 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Singer ... The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ... 1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ...

The son of the doorkeeper at the Este castle, Ercole later held the position of court artist for the Este family in Ferrara. According to Vasari: Ercole I dEste was one of the most important patrons of arts in the Italian Renaissance. ... Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ...

Ercole had an extraordinary love of wine, and his frequent drunkenness did much to shorten his life, which he had enjoyed without any accident up to the age of forty, when he was smitten one day by apoplexy, which made an end of him in a short time. ^[1]

Paintings by Ercole are rare. His life was short and many of his works have been destroyed.

Works

By 1473, when he was 17, Ercole had left Ferrara and was working in Bologna in the studio of Francesco del Cossa. (According to Vasari, Ercole also apprenticed under Lorenzo Costa in Bologna, but this seems unlikely as he was Lorenzo's senior by seveal years).^[2] He is known to have collaborated in the frescoes of Palazzo Schifanoia. Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... Triumph of Venus (detail), 1469-1470. ... Lorenzo Costa (1460 - 1535) was an Italian painter. ... Ceres, allegory of August: detail of a fresco designed by Cosimo Tura Salone dei Mesi, 1469-70 Palazzo Schifanoia (Palazzo Flee Care), Ferrara, is a Renaissance palace of pleasures that was built for the delight of the Este. ...

Ercole's first mature works are his contributions to the Griffoni Chapel for the San Petronio Basilica in Bologna: a predella depicting the Miracles of St Vincent Ferrer (c.1473) (now in the Pinacoteca of the Vatican)^[3], and lateral pilasters for the altarpiece commissioned from del Cossa. The unfinished facade of San Petronio Basilica. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ...

In 1480, Ercole created a large altarpiece with a Madonna and Chile Enthroned with Saints for Santa Maria in Porto in Ravenna, which is now in the Brera, Milan. Portraits of Giovanni II Bentivoglio and Ginevra Bentivoglio attributed to Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1480) are in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... Portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, ca. ...

Ercole succeeded Cosmè Tura as court painter to the Este family in Ferrara around 1486. His role apparently went far beyond making art: he accompanied Alfonso d'Este on a papal visit to Rome, served as wardrobe manager for Isabella d'Este's wedding in Mantua, and may even have made salamis.^[4] Ercole I dEste was one of the most important patrons of arts in the Italian Renaissance. ... Mantua (in Italian Mantova, in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo language Mantua) is an important city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province with the same name. ...

A painting of Portia and Brutus (c. 1486-90), believed to be painted for Eleonora of Aragon, duchess of Ferrara, is in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.^[5] Ercole's painting of Saint Jerome in the Wilderness from this period is in the collection of The Getty Center Los Angeles.

Predella for Griffoni Chapel, San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, depicting the Miracles of St. Vincent Ferrer (c. 1473) (now in the Pinacoteca of the Vatican).

The unfinished facade of San Petronio Basilica. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ...

Gallery

References

External links

• Vasari, Vite, profile of Ercole
• Information on St. Jerome, Getty Center Los Angeles.