# Borso d'Este [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PISANELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Metalpoint and ink on parchment, 130 x 88 mm ## Commentary Borso d'Este c. 1440 Metalpoint and ink on parchment, 130 x 88 mm Musée du Louvre, Paris Two drawings by Pisanello in the Louvre show Borso d'Este as a young man. These drawings have occasionally been associated with the production of a medal, either by Pisanello or by Amadeo da Milano. The drawing done in metalpoint seems to have been taken from life and is of great subtlety. In the other drawing, Pisanello has gone over the faint metalpoint marks with pen and ink, working toward a more formal solution. Borso d'Este \(1413-1471\) was the ruler of Ferrara for more than two decades. He succeeded his more cultured and intellectual brother Leonello, in 1450. He was made duke of Modena and Reggio by Frederick III in 1452, and in 1471, four months before his death, he was installed as duke of Ferrara. ## Related artworks - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apes \(from the artist's sketchbook\)]() - [Apparition of the Virgin to Sts Anthony Abbot and George]() - [Borso d'Este]() - [Bust of an Old Man]() - [Cecilia Gonzaga]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Filippo Maria Visconti]() - [Filippo Maria Visconti]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()