School of Ferrara (painting)

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The Duchy of Ferrara, ruled by the Este family, was well known for its patronage of the arts. Patronage was extended with the ascent of Ercole d'Este I in 1470, and the family continued in power till Alfonso II, Ercole's great-grandson, died without an heir in 1597. The duchy was then occupied in succession by Papal and Austrian forces. The school evolved styles of painting that were appeared to blend influences from Mantua, Venice, Lombardy, Bologna, and Florence.

The ties to Bolognese School were particularly strong. Much of the local collections, like those of the Gonzaga family in Mantua, were dispersed with the end of the Este line in 1598. A list of painters of the School of Ferrara include:

[edit] 15th Century

• Cosimo Tura
• Francesco Cossa
• Ercole dei Roberti
• Lorenzo Costa
• Boccaccio Boccaccino
• Domenico Panetti
• Giovanni Battista Benvenuti (also called L"Ortolano)

[edit] 16th century

• Nicolo Pisano
• Dosso Dossi
• Girolamo da Carpi
• Benvenuto Tisi (il Garofalo)
• Ludovico Mazzolino
• Scarsellino (Ippolito Scarsella)
• Carlo Bononi (also active in Bologna and Mantua)
• Sebastiano Filippi (Bastianino)

[edit] References

• Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art: Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Penguin Books Ltd.
• Francis P. Smyth and John P. O'Neill (Editors in Chief (1986). National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: The Age of Correggio and the Carracci: Emilian Painting of the 16th and 17th Centuries.

Classification: People: By occupation: Painters: By nationality: Ferrara also: Italy: People: By occupation: Painters