. The painters of the school of Ferrara. a person as Boiardohimself,^ the exaggerated tone that was customaryamong the Ferrarese in making appeals to the asks Ercole to give him some of his oldclothes, in order that he may occasionally appear inhis presence. My most illustrious Lord, he Avrites, I am ashamed to ask this alms. Nevertheless,necessity and my need constrains me to beg, for I haveno means of living and lack clothes. I believe thatyour lordship does not know how I am paid my salaryby your magnificent Fattori. In two years and ahalf, I have altogether received only tw
. The painters of the school of Ferrara. a person as Boiardohimself,^ the exaggerated tone that was customaryamong the Ferrarese in making appeals to the asks Ercole to give him some of his oldclothes, in order that he may occasionally appear inhis presence. My most illustrious Lord, he Avrites, I am ashamed to ask this alms. Nevertheless,necessity and my need constrains me to beg, for I haveno means of living and lack clothes. I believe thatyour lordship does not know how I am paid my salaryby your magnificent Fattori. In two years and ahalf, I have altogether received only two payments incash. Baldassare died in 1504 or thereabouts. He seemsto have been by no means destitute, as he leftsubstantial legacies to his widow, and to his daughters(it does not appear whether the hapless Cassandra was included) who had married in Ucggio. 1 Cf. Boiardos letter of December 31, 1493, begging Ercole to con-firm him in his offices at Reggio. Campanini, op. cit., p. 413.« Vtrnturi, op. cit., p. 387n. ; Campori, doc. ,iu(h-r<on Ercole Kohkkti .AIEDEA Cook Collection To face pof/c 52 ERCOLE DE* ROBERTI 53 During the latter part of Baldassares career, thefavour of the court was largely monopolised by ayounger and more progressive master: Ercole de**Roberti. Under the ambiguous title of ErcoleFerrarese, Vasari makes one person of twoentirely dissimilar artists: the present Ercole diAntonio de Roberti, a most typical painter of theQuattrocento, and Ercole di Giulio Cesare Grandi,the pupil of Lorenzo Costa, in whose work appearsthe ideality of the following century. Ercole de Roberti was born probably at Ferrara,some time in the fifties of the century, the son of acertain Maestro Antonio, who, as Signor Venturihas shown, was not a painter as formerly supposed,but a gatekeeper of the Castello Estense. He is firstheard of at Ferrara in 1479, in partnership with hisbrother Polidoro and others, to supply canvases,gilding, colours, and other accessories of the pain
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