. The painters of the school of Ferrara. e elder Niccolo da Correggio, and then of TristanoSforza.^ On September 19, 1471, a month afterBorsos death, the Duke of Milan wrote to ask hissuccessor for the portrait of the deceased sovereign,retracto al naturale per mano de maestro Baldassare,then in Castello Novo. Baldassare himself took thepicture to Milan, and Galeazzo Maria, on November 4,addressed through his secretary a warm letter of thanksto Ercole, expressing his great delight at the gift: And this because we have always desired to have somerepresentation of that lord, whom we continually
. The painters of the school of Ferrara. e elder Niccolo da Correggio, and then of TristanoSforza.^ On September 19, 1471, a month afterBorsos death, the Duke of Milan wrote to ask hissuccessor for the portrait of the deceased sovereign,retracto al naturale per mano de maestro Baldassare,then in Castello Novo. Baldassare himself took thepicture to Milan, and Galeazzo Maria, on November 4,addressed through his secretary a warm letter of thanksto Ercole, expressing his great delight at the gift: And this because we have always desired to have somerepresentation of that lord, whom we continually lovedas a father, and we have striven to tread in his footstepsand imitate his customs, as being most praised andtruly worthy of a prince. This portrait has been the 1 Venturi, Larte ferrarcsc net perlodo dErcole T, II. p. 721n. ToMarietta Stroi^zi, together -with her sister Ginevra, several ofHoiardos lyrics are addressed. Cf. Le fonie roJgari e latine diM. M, Boiardo, ed. Solerti, pp. 114, 171. « • • 0 • t • 3 1 ?» e B t T. oo 5, C ei 1—1 > g H o ^ fH r 1 « i£« ^ K r d r^i ^ a h^ • 1-^ -^ -i—t ^ X OQ ?T* c -i: o q JH < fe 7. -s^ O ?I. BALDASSARE DESTE 49 more dear to us inasmuch as it has been most worthilyexecuted; for, when we gaze on him thus depicted, weseem to see him ahve. ^ On his return to Ferrara, Baldassare found a changein the situation. The new Duke Ercole, representingthe legitimate hne of the Estensi, was by no means sofavourably disposed as Borso had been to the bastardsof the house. Baldassare continued painting portraits,including one of Ercole himself to be sent to Naples,for which he was paid at a much higher rate thanCosimo Tura ; but, in 1472, he was no longer in receiptof a regular salary from the court. In this same yearhe executed two medals for Ercole, both signed withhis name, neither of them remarkable for strength ofportraiture nor vigour of design. Some time before1489, he received the post of captain of the PortaCastello
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