Reference:6473 Ercole II d'Este, 4th Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Regia, c. 1530

Large bust of Ercole II d'Este to right, bearded and wearing a cuirass and mantle. HER. II. DVX. FERR. IIII. MVT. ET. REG.

Two fully armoured knights in equestrian combat, observed from above by three standing figures upon castellated ramparts. 

Unidentified artist. 

Bronze, cast, 132 mm. (505 grammes).  

Condition: Almost Very Fine

Notes:

An early, if not contemporary cast and amongst the largest bronze portraits of the post-Renaissance period.