A page from the signature book
Interest in Ludovico Ariosto’s last home is well evidenced by the large number of visitor signatures on the registers at the entrance to the parva domus. Tra i nomi illustri tra cui figura anche quello di Giuseppe Verdi (4 maggio 1872), alla cui firma un estimatore il giorno successivo aggiunse l’augurio “All’autore dell’Aida”. Another historic […]
Urn with presumed phalanx of the poet
Urn with presumed phalanx of the poet The phalanx preserved inside the urn is supposed to be that of Ludovico Ariosto’s right hand and was found by anatomy professor Pietro Folchi in 1801 at the tomb of San Benedetto. The occasion of the discovery was the translation of the poet’s ashes from the church […]
Stele of Trebius Anteros
Stele-ossuary of Trebius Anteros., 1st cent. AD. Tresigallo (Fe) Civic Lapidary, inv. RA809 The monument was found in 1903 during agricultural work in the Tresigallo valley. It is an aedicule stele, datable to the first century AD and originally composed of three elements: in the upper part, in fact, one notices the presence of a […]
Detail with dextrarum iunctio
Detail of the scene of dextrarum iunctio from the Sarcophagus of the Aurelii, second quarter of the 3rd century AD. One of the best-known images, depicted on the right side of the case of the Sarcophagus of the Aurelii, is that of the so-called dextrarum iunctio . La scena raffigura i due coniugi defunti, Marco […]
Sarcophagus of the Aurelii
Sarcophagus of the Aurelii, second quarter of the third century CE. Voghenza (Fe) Civic Lapidary, inv. RA782 This monument is considered a masterpiece among the architectural sarcophagi made in Ravenna in the 3rd century AD, distributed by river to the southern limits of the Veneto region. It is of extraordinary dimensions and has an architectural […]
Stele of Pupius
Stele of Pupius Mentor, 54-68 AD. Walled inside the Cathedral of Ferrara Civic Lapidary, inv. RA785 The elegant monument is part of a group of marbles that, reused in the Cathedral, were moved in 1738 to be placed in the University Museum, then located at Paradiso Palace. The stele, which can be dated to […]
Neon Sarcophagus
Neon Sarcophagus, late 2nd – early decades of the 3rd century AD. Voghenza (Fe) Civic Lapidary, inv. RA801 The sarcophagus, which is small in size, is of the type a chest, with the front occupied by the funerary inscription placed within a table with double scroll loops, held by a pair of heroes. The sides […]
Stele of the Caesii
Stele of the Caesii, mid-first century AD. Maiero (Fe) Civic Lapidary, inv. RA791 The stele, reassembled in two fragments, is of the aedicule type, with a temple-like structure typical of the 1st century BC. The incomplete pediment has a small lion protome on the tympanum, while in the central part two pilasters with vegetal decoration […]
Antonio Canova, Bust of Leopoldo Cicognara
Antonio Canova (Possagno 1757 – Venice 1822) Bust of Leopoldo Cicognara, 1818-22 Marble Museo Schifanoia, inv. OA1743 The bust, made by Antonio Canova, depicts Count Leopoldo Cicognara (1767-1834), an influential voice in the field of art history and criticism between the 18th and 19th centuries. The association between the two had begun as early as […]
Francesco Fanelli, St. George and the Dragon
Francis Fanelli (c. 1580-1653) St. George, first half of the 17th cent. Golden bronze Museo Schifanoia, inv. OA930 As the horse stands up on its two hind legs turning to the left to avoid the fiery breath of the infernal dragon, a young warrior, armed in the old-fashioned manner, leans out to pierce the […]