The Galleria Estense is an art gallery in the heart of Modena, centred around the collection of the d’Este family: rulers of Modena, Reggio and Ferrara from 1289 to 1796. Located on the top floor of the Palazzo dei Musei, on the St. Augustine square, the museum showcases a vast array of works ranging from fresco and oil painting to marble, polychrome and terracotta sculpture; musical instruments; numismatics; curios and decorative antiques.
It was publicly established in 1854 by the last duke, Francis V of Austria-Este, and was relocated in 1894 to its current situation from the Palazzo Ducale.
Since 2014, the Gallery has formed a part the Gallerie Estensi, an independent complex of museums merging the Biblioteca Estense, and the Estense Lapidary Museum in Modena, the Palazzo Ducale in Sassuolo and the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara. Together, they reflect the progressing tastes of an Italian court of nobility.[1]
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The GalleriaEstense is an art gallery in the heart of Modena, centred around the collection of the d’Este family: rulers of Modena, Reggio and Ferrara...
important libraries in Italy. The library is located, along with the GalleriaEstense directly below its collection of artworks, in the Palazzo dei Musei...
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manuscripts, The Estense library stands as a key player in the d’Este inheritance. Established around the same time as the GalleriaEstense, it has been considered...
Greco. Pallucchini attributed to El Greco a small triptych in the GalleriaEstense at Modena on the basis of a signature on the painting on the back of...
the back. The subject of the book The Girolamo Amati viola in the GalleriaEstense, Treasures of Italian Violin Making Vol I, 2014 Nicolò Amati, date...
contributed to the large triptych of the Coronation of the Virgin at the GalleriaEstense (1462 and 1466) mainly attributed to his brother. The art historian...
Buonaccolsi made a copy for Isabella d'Este around 1501 that is now in the GalleriaEstense, Modena. He followed that work with an untraced pendant that perhaps...
Modena, and partly housed in the Baroque Ducal Palace. The Biblioteca Estense houses historical volumes and 3,000 manuscripts. The Cathedral of Modena...
Modena, he was active in Este, and was named superintendent of the GalleriaEstense. He was the father of the painter Antonio Consetti (1686–1767), who...
used by the concerto delle donne, the harp L'Arpa di Laura in the GalleriaEstense art gallery, has become famous. Also known as the concerto di donne...
attributed to Raphael. It is now in the GalleriaEstense in Modena. The painting remained in the Galleria's store-rooms for a long time in a very ornate...
Toronto Bust of Francesco I d'Este (1650–51) Marble, height 107 cm, GalleriaEstense, Modena The Vision of Constantine (1654–1670) Marble, Vatican Museums...
Guardian Angel (Angelo custode), Bononi's acknowledged masterpiece in the GalleriaEstense, and was probably painted at roughly the same time, i.e. towards the...
Condé Virgin of the Assumption and St. Michael the Archangel, c.1533–34, Galleria nazionale di Parma Three Ages of Man or Rustic Idyll; 77.5 × 11.8 cm, Metropolitan...
274 cm, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Modena ceilings, 1541-1542, GalleriaEstense, Modena Apollo and Daphen Pyramus and Thisbe Latona Turns the Peasaants...
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Ottavio Corradi, and Flaminio Torre. Saint Stephen in Glory, (1601, GalleriaEstense, Modena) Deposition, (Santuario di Caravaggio) Death of Saint Peter...
likely painted the triptych of the Coronation of the Virgin at the GalleriaEstense (1462 and 1466). It is likely that his brother was also involved in...
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