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ROMANO, Gian Cristoforo: Beatrice d’Este

🖼 Beatrice d’Este, c. 1490
Marble, height 59 cm
Paris, France

Delicate profile relief captures Beatrice d'Este in classical medallion style, her refined features rendered with Renaissance precision. This bronze portrait commemorates the influential Duchess of Milan, establishing the Renaissance medal as essential propaganda for dynastic power.

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E. H. Gombrich
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