# Bust of Eleanor of Aragon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LAURANA, Francesco]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Marble, height 50 cm ## Commentary Bust of Eleanor of Aragon c. 1471 Marble, height 50 cm Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palermo Eleanor of Aragon \(1450-1493\) was the daughter of king Ferrante I of Aragon \(Ferdinand I of Naples\) and Isabella of Taranto. In 1473 she married Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and became the first Duchess of Ferrara. This work is considered to be the epitome of Renaissance-era Sicilian sculpture. ## Related artworks - [Alfonso of Aragon in Triumph with his Court \(detail\)]() - [Battista Sforza]() - [Battista Sforza]() - [Beatrice of Aragon]() - [Bust of a Lady]() - [Bust of a Lady]() - [Bust of a Princess]() - [Carrying the Cross]() - [Carrying the Cross]() - [Death-mask of a Woman \(Battista Sforza?\)]() - [Entrance Arch]() - [Madonna della Grazia \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()