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The Fall of Phaethon
Portrait of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Ercole II d'Este
Cello
Boy with thorn
Venus and Love
Double Harp
Venus, Mars and Cupid
Head of an old man
Sacred Love defeating profane Love
The Gonzaga Vase
The Fall of Phaethon
Portrait of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Ercole II d'Este
Cello
Boy with thorn
Venus and Love
Double Harp
Venus, Mars and Cupid
Head of an old man
Sacred Love defeating profane Love
The Gonzaga Vase

Bust of Francesco I d’Este

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Galleria Estense

Galleria Estense

Largo Porta Sant'Agostino, 337, Modena

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The bust that Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) made for Francesco I d'Este comes twelve years after the oil portrait of Velazquez. If in the first case the transition of the young monarch towards maturity is immortalized, the portrait-bust created by Bernini is a typical example of a state portrait, apt to capture and eternalize the magnificence of the sovereign. It was no coincidence that Francesco I d'Este had undertaken to make the courts of Modena and Sassuolo, through a conspicuous program of patronage, two European courts in full title, which in terms of pomp, luxury and sophistication would have been in dialogue with the courts of the major European capitals of the time.
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Title: Bust of Francesco I d’Este

Author: Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Date: 1650-1651

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Displayed in: Galleria Estense

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