Ercole de' Roberti

Stream on MomentableSee it at the National Gallery of ArtShare this work

The Wife of Hasdrubal and Her Children is a painting of c. 1490 to 1493 in tempera on panel by Ercole de' Roberti in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., which acquired it in 1965. This panel, Brutus, Lucretia and Collatinus and Brutus and Portia were originally part of a series of works depicting famous women of antiquity, probably commissioned by Ercole I d'Este's wife Eleanor of Aragon and referring back to the motto of her father, Ferdinand I of Naples: "Preferisco la morte al disonore" ('I prefer death to dishonor').

Stream on MomentableSee it at the National Gallery of ArtShare this work

Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1451 to 1496), also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and the School of Ferrara. He was profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori.

Stream on MomentableSee it at the National Gallery of ArtShare this work

Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1451 to 1496), also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and the School of Ferrara. He was profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori.