d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Alfonso of Aragon was an illegitimate son of the King of Naples, and tradition has it that Lucrezia's brother, Cesare Borgia, may...

elevation to Pope, Cesare was made Cardinal at the age of 18. Alexander VI staked the hopes of the Borgia family on Cesare's brother Giovanni, who was made...

The School of Ferrara was a group of painters which flourished in the Duchy of Ferrara during the Renaissance. Ferrara was ruled by the Este family, well...

declared Giovanni Borgia to be a child of three years of age, the illegitimate son of Cesare Borgia and an unnamed woman. The second declared Giovanni Borgia...

a cardinal. Cesare was suspected of murdering his brother Giovanni, but there is no clear evidence to confirm this. However, Giovanni's death cleared...

II raised the glory of Ferrara to its highest point, and was the patron of Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Battista Guarini, and Cesare Cremonini—favouring the...

Alfonso II, the Duchy of Ferrara became part of the Papal States, and the Duchies of Modena and Reggio passed to his nephew Cesare d'Este, a descendant of...

Ercole II d'Este (4 April 1508 – 3 October 1559) was Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1534 to 1559. He was the eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and...

di Amalfi - Giulio Cesare was director of works on both these crypts until 1612. He also summoned Bartolomeo Picchiatti from Ferrara as a collaborator...

style. Giovanni Francesco Barbieri was born into a family of peasant farmers in Cento, a town in the Po Valley mid-way between Bologna and Ferrara. Being...

lost control of Ferrara in 1598, the Alabaster Chamber's paintings and sculptures were dispersed. The Feast of the Gods by Giovanni Bellini and Titian...

youngest, Captain Giovanni delle Bande Nere, inherited his mother's forceful, militant personality. Caterina's resistance to Cesare Borgia meant she had...

Ferrara (/fəˈrɑːrə/; Italian: [ferˈraːra] ; Emilian: Fràra [ˈfraːra]) is a city and comune (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of...

was the lectures he attended of Giovanni Domenico Coleti between 1772 and 1773 in Romagna. He was given the name of Cesare upon being inducted at the convent...

The University of Ferrara (Italian: Università degli Studi di Ferrara) is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern...

Baroque-style church and monastery located on Corso della Giovecca, in central Ferrara, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. In 1618, prompted by Laura Sighizzi,...

Giovanni Maria Chiodarolo was an Italian painter from Bologna who lived in the 15th century. Little further is known of him than that the fresco of Angel...

Giovanni de Macque (Giovanni de Maque, Jean de Macque) (1548/1550 – September 1614) was a Netherlandish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque...

hereditary rulers of Corsica, Ferrara, Bologna, and Forlì. Born twenty-three years into his parents' marriage, Giovanni had two much older brothers, both...

Mannerism and lastly to the early seventeenth century, before Cesare I lost Ferrara to the Papal States. Highlights of the tour include the Hall of...

Giulio Cesare Brancaccio (1515–1586) was a courtier, cavalier, actor, writer, and singer in a number of northern Italian courts throughout the sixteenth...

and a member of the House of Borgia. He was the youngest brother of Cesare, Giovanni, and Lucrezia Borgia. Gioffre married Sancha of Aragon, natural daughter...

Fantastichini Cesare Fantoni Franco Fabrizi Francesco D'Adda Ferruccio De Ceresa Sergio Fantoni Alberto Farnese Antonello Fassari Mario Feliciani Pino Ferrara Mario...

He was influenced by the teachings of Flaminio Rota, Giulio Cesare Claudini, and Giovanni Battista Cortese. He then took the exam of the College of Physicians...

close agnate apart from his cousin Cesare d'Este (whose father was an illegitimate son of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara) and with the fear that his family...

political reasons, to Giovanni Sforza (Lord of Pesaro), Alfonso of Aragon (Duke of Bisceglie), and finally Alfonso I d'Este (Duke of Ferrara). She remains submissive...

(1908), page 42. Ferrara Terra e Acqua Sala Ariosto entry. Pitture e Scolture che si trovano nelle Chiese della Citta di Ferrara, by Cesare Barotti, page...

ferraresi e delle opere loro., Volume 1; author Cesare Cittadella; published by Francesco Pomatelli in Ferrara, 1782, Page 157-160. Farquhar, Maria (1855)...

late-Renaissance, Roman Catholic minor basilica church located on via Terranuova in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. A small Franciscan church and monastery was erected...

Giulio Cesare Sacchetti (1586 – 28 June 1663) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and was twice included in the French Court's list of acceptable candidates...