(b Ferrara, ?1430; d Ferrara, April 1495).
Italian painter. He was court painter to the Este family of Ferrara
from 1458 until the mid-1480s. He was the first and one of the
greatest representatives of the Ferrarese school of painting, but
many of his most important works, including the decoration of the
library of Pico della Mirandola (1463–94), have been either
destroyed or dismantled, and some of his large-scale altarpieces are
divided between collections. His career is well recorded and
provides a vivid illustration of the role and duties of a
15th-century court artist.
The Madonna of the Zodiac
c. 1453
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Pieta
1460
Museo Correr, Venice
Madonna and Child in a Garden
1452
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Annunciation
1469
Museo del Duomo, Ferrara
Annunciation (detail)
1469
Museo del Duomo, Ferrara
Pieta
1474
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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