# Ercole I d'Este \(obverse\) and Eleonora of Aragon \(reverse\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TURA, Cosmè]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Cast bronze, diameter 7 cm ## Commentary Ercole I d'Este \(obverse\) and Eleonora of Aragon \(reverse\) c. 1477 Cast bronze, diameter 7 cm Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris Two medals, one representing Ercole I d'Este and his wife Eleonora of Aragon, and another representing their son, Alfonso d'Este, are attributed to Cosmè Tura, who was a portrait painter at the Este court in Ferrara. They were made to celebrate Ercole's victory in 1476 over Leonello's son Niccolò d'Este after the attempted coup by Niccolò, as well as the birth of Alfonso, the son of the ducal couple, six weeks before the coup. Both medals are remarkable for their finely modeled, crisp low relief and realistic portraits. ## Related artworks - [A Muse \(Calliope?\)]() - [A Muse \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(from the predella of the Roverella Polyptych\)]() - [Alfonso d'Este]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter]() - [Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()