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The funerary monument of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Bari and Queen of Poland, in the Basilica of San Nicola in Bari has been a subject of discussion since the uncovering, in 1918, of documents which assign the marble authorship to a team of minor sculptors working in Naples around 1589–1593. Whilst research has focused on the history of this sepulchre, the name of the architect whom the queen ...
Mar 22, 2024 · Bona Sforza of Aragon brought great wealth, innovations and court intrigues to the Polish-Lithuanian lands of the early 16th century. Her decisive and shrewd character greatly surprised the nobles of her court. She was always very determined in affirming her prerogatives and her beloved son Sigismund Augustus.
- Antonio Iannaccone
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Polish nobles considered her a dangerous woman who had a surprising amount of power over her husband King Sigismund I. Their wedding started a new chapter in the history of Poland, but Bona Sforza was never a favorite queen of her subjects. Bona Sforza was born on February 2, 1494 in Vigevano, Italy. She grew up surrounded by stories about ...
Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which had ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1447. Smart, energetic and ambitious, Bona became ...
Bona Sforza (1493–1557), Queen of Poland. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 536. Exceptionally for the Renaissance, this is a signed cameo, bearing the signature of Gian Giacomo Caraglio, who was born in Verona and later worked in Venice and then Cracow and who was best known as a printmaker. Bona Sforza, daughter of the duke of ...
Bona Sforza, queen of Poland (d. 19 November 1557) Raised at the brilliant Renaissance court of Milan, Bona Sforza was well educated, her studies including the discipline of statecraft as well as languages, literature, and music, more traditional occupations for women.*. And, by the way, she is Caterina Sforza 's niece, the daughter of Caterina ...
Dec 18, 2020 · Banner: Bona Sforza (1494-1557), Queen of Poland by Unknown Artist/The National Museum in Krakow. First published on 18 December 2020 in Humanities. A University of Melbourne expert says Italian-born princess, Queen Bona, helps us understand how Renaissance women acquired, maintained and negotiated power.
