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Francesco I d'Este (6 September 1610 – 14 October 1658) was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1629 until his death. The eldest son of Alfonso III d'Este, he became reigning duke after his father's abdication. Biography. The pestilence of 1630–1631 killed 70% of Modena 's inhabitants.
The Bust of Francesco I d'Este is a marble portrait bust by the Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Completed in 1652, the work depicts Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena. It is in the Galleria Estense, Modena, Italy.
Francesco I d'Este fu un principe italiano appartenente al Casato degli Este e fu duca di Modena e Reggio dal 1629 alla sua morte.
The first of these, of Francesco I d’Este, duke of Modena (1650–51), culminates his revolution in portraiture. Much of the freedom and spontaneity of the bust of Cardinal Borghese is kept, but it is united with a heroic pomp and grandiose movement that portray the ideals of the Baroque age….
Francesco I d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1629 until his death. The eldest son of Alfonso III d'Este, he became reigning duke after his father's abdication.
Apr 18, 2013 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting “Velázquez’s Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este” to aid the Modena region in its recovery from last year’s earthquakes.
Francesco I d'Este. 1650-51. Marble, height 107 cm. Galleria Estense, Modena. At over one metre high, the bust of Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, is considerably larger than most of Bernini's busts. It is dominated by a single conceit: the idea of command.
