[Born at Città-Nuova, in Illyria, 1507. Died, 1566. Aged 59.]
His chief work was a free translation of the Æneid in blank verse: the
style is pure, and the sense faithful. Also wrote humorous pieces in the
purest Tuscan.
[The work of Antonio d’Este, at the expense of Elizabeth, Duchess of
Devonshire, the second wife of the late Duke, a lady to whom we are
indebted for originating the excavations in the Forum at Rome.]