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Triumph Of Ferrante Gonzaga Over Envy
The Statue of Ferrante I Gonzaga or the Triumph of Ferrante Gonzaga over Envy is a dramatic, outdoor, bronze, Italian Renaissance sculpture, Italian Renaissance statue in the Piazza Gonzaga, in the center of Guastalla, a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The statue depicting Ferrante Gonzaga, the former condottiero (1507–1557) was completed by Leone Leoni, and installed in 1594 by his son Cesare Gonzaga, who was also a military leader. The condottiero Ferrante is depicted in an triumphant pose, trampling the chest of a vanquished satyr, symbol of vice, and another foot atop a decapitated puny Lernaean Hydra, hydra, symbol of calumny. Ferrante had been accused of disloyalty to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, but Ferrante cleared himself of the charges, appearing personally to defend himself before the emperor in Milan. The statue alludes to the episode. The grim, violent posture of the statue sets the iconography apart from other, more restrained prior depictions of military lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leone Leoni, Ferrante I Gonzaga Domina L'invidia, 1564, 04
Leone may refer to: Geography *Leone, American Samoa *Monte Leone, mountain in the ''Leone-Gruppe'' as part of Western Alps *Sierra Leone, independent nation in West Africa Leone as a given name * Leone Battista Alberti (1404–1472), Italian Renaissance humanist polymath * Leone Caetani (1869–1935), Italian politician * Leone de' Sommi (c. 1525–c. 1590), Italian writer * Leone N. Farrell (1904–1986), Canadian biochemist and microbiologist * Leone Ginzburg (1909–1944), Italian journalist * Leone Leoni (1509–1590), Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist * Léone-Noëlle Meyer (born 1939), French businesswoman and philanthropist * Leone Minassian (1905–1978), Ottoman Empire-born Italian painter of Armenian descent * Leone Ross (b. 1969), British writer, editor, journalist and academic * Leone Sforza (1406–1440), Italian condottiero * Leone Strozzi (1515–1554), Italian condottiero Leone as a surname *Brad Leone (b. 1985), American chef and YouTube personality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |