Matteo Maria Boiardo by Riccardo Secchi, 1916
Parco del Popolo
Reggio Emilia, May 2024
“Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440 – 19/20 December 1494) was an Italian Renaissance poet, best known for his epic poem ‘Orlando innamorato’. Boiardo was born in 1440, at or near, Scandiano (today's province of Reggio Emilia); the son of Giovanni di Feltrino and Lucia Strozzi. His mother Lucia was the sister of the humanist poet Tito Vespasiano Strozzi, his father Giovanni the son of Feltrino Boiardo, whom Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, had made Count of Scandiano, with seignorial power over Arceto, Casalgrande, Gesso, and Torricella. Boiardo was an ideal example of a gifted and accomplished courtier, possessing both a gallant heart and deep humanistic learning.” (Matteo Maria Boiardo, Wikipedia)
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