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82 NICCOLO DA CORREGGIO
ments, and by his polished courtesy and rare gift
of poetic invention. His fame was celebrated by
the most illustrious poets and writers of the age.
Ariosto and Sabba da Castiglione sang his praises in
the next century. Sperandio struck a noble medal
in his honour, and Isabella herself spoke of him after
his death as the most perfect courtier and finished
poet in all Italy. The son of Duke Ercole’s sister,
that fair Beatrice who was known as the Queen
of Feasts, and of a prince of the reigning house of
Correggio, who died before his son’s birth in 1450,
Niccolo grew up at his uncle’s court at Ferrara, and
was held in high favour by the Duke and all his
family. He had been sent to escort Leonora of
Aragon to Ferrara on her wedding journey, and had
accompanied her when she returned to Naples with
her children in 1477. He served with distinction in
the wars against Venice, and was taken prisoner and
kept in captivity for nearly a year, to the great
distress of the Duchess, who entered warmly into
the grief of his mother and of his wife, Cassandra,
a daughter of the famous captain, Bartolommeo
Colleoni.
In 1487, Niccolo’s pastoral play of “ Cefalo ” was
performed at Ferrara, and his eclogues and sonnets
were in the hands of all lovers of poetry. Isabella
frequently alludes to the choice copy of his poems,
in white damask embroidered with diamonds, which
he had presented to her father, and her own library
contained several volumes of his works. A copy of
his romances was bound in red velvet, while his
eclogues and another book called II Giardino were
bound in black leather enriched with gold and
silver clasps. Niccolo had been present at Isa-
ments, and by his polished courtesy and rare gift
of poetic invention. His fame was celebrated by
the most illustrious poets and writers of the age.
Ariosto and Sabba da Castiglione sang his praises in
the next century. Sperandio struck a noble medal
in his honour, and Isabella herself spoke of him after
his death as the most perfect courtier and finished
poet in all Italy. The son of Duke Ercole’s sister,
that fair Beatrice who was known as the Queen
of Feasts, and of a prince of the reigning house of
Correggio, who died before his son’s birth in 1450,
Niccolo grew up at his uncle’s court at Ferrara, and
was held in high favour by the Duke and all his
family. He had been sent to escort Leonora of
Aragon to Ferrara on her wedding journey, and had
accompanied her when she returned to Naples with
her children in 1477. He served with distinction in
the wars against Venice, and was taken prisoner and
kept in captivity for nearly a year, to the great
distress of the Duchess, who entered warmly into
the grief of his mother and of his wife, Cassandra,
a daughter of the famous captain, Bartolommeo
Colleoni.
In 1487, Niccolo’s pastoral play of “ Cefalo ” was
performed at Ferrara, and his eclogues and sonnets
were in the hands of all lovers of poetry. Isabella
frequently alludes to the choice copy of his poems,
in white damask embroidered with diamonds, which
he had presented to her father, and her own library
contained several volumes of his works. A copy of
his romances was bound in red velvet, while his
eclogues and another book called II Giardino were
bound in black leather enriched with gold and
silver clasps. Niccolo had been present at Isa-