Marchese Alberto V d'Este (1347 - 1393), fondatore dell'Università di Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna, Italia, e sovrano di Ferrara in successione al fratello, Nicolò II d'Este. Statua in nicchia sul fronte occidentale della Cattedrale di San Giorgio (Duomo di San Giorgio Martire) a Ferrara.
2752 x 4144 px | 23,3 x 35,1 cm | 9,2 x 13,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 giugno 2008
Ubicazione:
Cathedral of St George, Duomo di San Giorgio Martire, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna, Italy: statue of Marquis Alberto V d’Este (1347 - 1393), in a niche to the right of the main entrance, west front of the Cathedral of St George (Duomo di San Giorgio Martire), first built in the 12th century in Romanesque style. The House of Este established undisputed rule of Ferrara in the mid-1200s. Alberto, who built the University of Ferrara, was the brother of and successor to Nicolò II d’Este who built Este Castle in Ferrara. Above the central door of the cathedral are a Saint George and scenes from the New Testament, the work of sculptor Nicholaus (1135). The upper part of the cathedral was built decades later in Gothic style and besides numerous small arches and splayed mullioned windows includes a Last Judgement carving, sculpted in the 1200s by an unknown sculptor, over the central loggia. The late 1400s Renaissance campanile of in pink and white marble is unfinished work attributed to Leon Battista Alberti. The brickwork apse, embellished by terracotta arches and marble capitals, is the work of architect and town lanner Biagio Rossetti. Ferrara, often referred to as ‘City of the Renaissance’, had been an important medieval centre and a free city with its own laws. Under the Este family, it became internationally renowned as a cultural, economic and religious centre. The Este family practice of art collection became a model for the Medici and the Pope. After its incorporation into the Papal States in 1598, Ferrara declined commercially and politically. D0670.A8009
