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Lucrezia Borgia ( Italian pronunciation: [luˈkrɛttsja ˈbɔrdʒa]; Valencian: Lucrècia Borja [luˈkrɛsia ˈbɔɾdʒa]; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the governor of Spoleto, a position usually ...
A Renaissance portrait previously believed to be of a young man is in fact the world's only painting of the infamous Lucrezia Borgia, an Australian museum claimed on Tuesday. The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne bought the work, formerly known as Portrait of a Young Man by an unidentified artist, in London in 1965.
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This portrait of Lucrezia Borgia was made by Leonardo da Vinci, who was sent as the envoy of Isabella of Aragon ("Mona Lisa") to the wedding of her half-brother Alfonso and his bride Lucrezia Borgia to Rome in 1498. I do not think that Isabella of Aragon sent Leonardo's student Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio as her envoy to Rome.
Nov 25, 2008 · The oval painting, titled Portrait of a Youth, was purchased in London by the gallery in 1965 for £8,000. If it is proved to be a portrait of Borgia, it could be worth millions.
Renaissance Woman Bartolomeo Veneto’s 1515 refined portrait, believed to be of Lucrezia Borgia, is starkly at odds with her lurid reputation.
English: Lucrezia Borgia (or "Lucrecia Borgia") (April 14 or April 18, 1480 - June 24, 1519) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Spaniard who would later become Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza Cattanei. Her brother was the notorious despot Cesare Borgia. Portrait of a woman by Bartolomeo Veneto, maybe Lucrezia Borgia.
Symbols indicating the name of the sitter were also popular devices in this era, so it can also be assumed that the woman in the portrait is named Lucretia. Given that the portrait has the characteristics of paintings made in Ferrara around 1520, there is only one likely candidate: Lucrezia Borgia, the Duchess of Ferrara. Portraits of women at ...
