GIOVANNI DA ORIOLO
(b. Oriolo, nr Faenza, active 1439, d. ca. 1474, Faenza)
GIOVANNI DA ORIOLO (b. Oriolo, nr Faenza, active 1439, d. ca. 1474, Faenza) |
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Leonello d'Estec. 1447Egg tempera on wood, 58 x 40 cm National Gallery, London | |
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Leonello d'Este (1407-1450) was marquis of Ferrara and Duke of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450. He was one of the illegitimate sons of Niccolò III d'Este. In 1429 Niccolò obtained a papal sanction for Leonello's legitimisation and named him his heir. Giovanni da Oriolo's portrait of Leonello may reflect a lost painting by Jacopo Bellini that was allegedly painted in 1441 in competition with Pisanello. | |
