DETAILS
- Artist
- Ercole de' Roberti
- Date
- 1490
- Location
- Civic Museums of Padua
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Ercole de' Roberti
Ercole de' Roberti, a master of the Early Renaissance, served as court artist to the powerful Este family in Ferrara, even managing their salami production.
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