The Women of Renaissance in Portraits
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| Leonardo Da Vinci - La belle Ferroniere (Musee du Louvre) | | | |
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Possibly a mistress of Franciss I of France.
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| Leonardo Da Vince Ginevra de' Benci (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) |
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Ginevra was a Florentine 15th century aristocratic woman
who was admired for her intelligence by her contemporaries.
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| Leonardo da Vinci Lady with an Ermine (1490, Czartoryski Museum, Kraków) |
This portrait depics Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of Leonardo's employer, Ludovico Sforza,
known as "Il Moro".
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| Rafael, Maddalena Doni (Palazzo Pitti, Florence) |
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| Rafael, La Donna Velata (Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence) |
This portrait is of Rafael's Roman mistress, Margherita Luti.
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| Hans Holbein, Miniature of Jane Small (c. 1540, Victoria and Albert Museum, London) |
An English aristocratic woman.
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| Hans Holbein, Lady Elizabeth Audley |
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| Young Elizabeth Tudor, artist unkonwn |
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| Portrait of Catherine di Medici, French Queen, artist unkown | |
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| Lorenzo di Credi, Portrait of Caterina Sforza ( Museum of Forli) |
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| Titian, Isabella d'Este (Kunsthistorisches Museum) |
A great woman of the Renaissance, known for her beauty, grace and intelligence. She was a great patron of arts.
Which Renaissance woman would you like to know more about?
Definitely Elizabeth Tudor, in my opinion! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to know more about La Donna Velata. And I am very curious about the lady with the ermine.
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