Ercole Ferrarese

Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole of' Roberti (~1450 - 1496) is an Italian painter of the school of Ferrare.

young Michel-Angel, seeing in 1494 its frescos (destroyed) of the Garganelli vault in San Pietro of Bologna, declared that this work “was worth half of Rome”.

Biography

Formed with Francesco del Cossa close to Cosmè Tura with Ferrare, Ercole of' Roberti makes its beginnings with the Schifanoia palate, in the room of the Months .

The collaboration of Cossa and Roberti continues with Bologna where Ercole painted there the prédelles ones of the retables:

Pala Griffoni whose panels are preserved at the museum of the the Vatican
Pala of Ravenne (Pinacothèque of Brera, Milan)
Pala of San Lazzaro (work destroyed in 1945 in Berlin)

Works

the fucina di Vulcano , Ferrara, Stake. Schifanoia.
Madonna E Santi , 323 cm X 240 cm, Milan, art gallery of Brera
I Santi Apollonia E Michele , 26 cm each one, Paris, Museum of Louvre
Ritratto di Giovanni II Bentivoglio , 54 cm X 28 cm, Washington, National Gallery, collection Kress
Madonna collar Bambino , 35,8 cm X 36,6 cm, Chicago, Art Institute
San Giovanni Battista , 54 cm X 20 cm, Berlin, Dahlem, Staatliche Museen
Pietà , 33 cm X 30 cm, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery
Raccolta beyond manna , 29 cm X 63,5 cm, London, National Gallery
Ritratto di Giovanni II Bentivoglio , 64x49,5 cm, Bologna, Università
Adorazione dei pastori , 17,8 cm X 13,5 cm, London, National Gallery
Pietà coi Santi Francesco E Girolamo , 17,8 cm X 13,5 cm, London, National Gallery
Ultima Cena , 30 cm X 21 cm, Londre, National Gallery
Polittico Griffoni , the Vatican

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