Genealogia dei principi d'Este

[2] The Genealogia contains 167[2] or 169 portrait medallions covering the Este family from Alberto Azzo II (d. 1097) to Isabella d'Este (b.

1474) plus four empty medallions for the next four children of Ercole I after Isabella down to Ippolito d'Este (b.

All of the portraits are busts except Borso d'Este, who is depicted in full (outside of a medallion) on his own page.

He was a court painter, probably from the school of Bonifacio Bembo or Baldassare Estense.

[2] On the death of Cardinal Alessandro d'Este in 1624, the manuscript passed to the Theatines and was subsequently dispersed.