Soft bound copy of Antonio Cariola's 'Ritratti De' Ser.mi Principi d'Este Sig.ri di Ferrara' (1641)
Not on view
This is bound copy of Antonio Cariola's 'Ritratti De' Ser.mi Principe d'Este Sig.ri di Ferrara' (Ferrara 1641). It comprises 13 etchings made by Caterino Doino after drawings by Pirro Ligorio. The prints are mistakenly given to Giuseppe Caletti by Bartsch, who also mentions a fourteenth composition with unidentified figures. The prints show paired portraits of marquises and dukes of Ferrara formerly frescoed in the courtyard of the Castello at Ferrara, providing a pictorial genealogy for the Este family. This copy opens with a title page, a Dedication to Alfonso IV d'Este (1634–1662), an Introduction that is followed by the portraits, each with a facing page of letterpress recording the biography of the family member, birth and death dates.
The portraits are as follows:
Almerico I, Marquis of Ferrara and Tedaldo of Canossa, Lord of Ferrara
Bonifacio III of Canossa and his daughter Matilda of Canossa
Guglielmo degli Adelardi and his niece Marchesella Adelardi
Azzo VIII and Aldobrandino II d’Este, Marquises of Ferrara
Azzo IX d'Este and Obizzo VI d'Este, Marquises of Ferrara
Azzo X d'Este and Francesco I d'Este, Marquises of Ferrara
Azzo XI d'Este and Rinaldo III d'Este, Marquises of Ferrara
Obizzo VII d'Este and Aldobrandino IV d’Este, Marquises of Ferrara
Niccolo II d'Este and Alberto V d'Este, Marquises of Ferrara
Niccolo III d'Este and Leonello d'Este, Marquises of Ferrara
Borso d'Este and Ercole I d'Este, Dukes of Ferrara
Alfonso I d'Este and Ercole II d'Este, Dukes of Ferrara
Alfonso II d'Este and Cesare d'Este, Dukes of Ferrara
