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Battista was the first legitimate child born to Alessandro Sforza, lord of Pesaro, and Costanza da Varano (1428–1447), the eldest daughter of Piergentile Varano (d. 1433), Lord of Camerino, and Elisabetta Malatesta. In 1447, Costanza died after giving birth to her second child, a son called Costanzo (d. 1483), when Battista was 18 months old.
- 6 or 7 July 1472 (aged 25–26), Gubbio, Duchy of Urbino
However, after the death of his beloved second wife Battista Sforza (daughter of Elisabetta Malatesta and Alessandro Sforza), who died from pneumonia after giving birth to their seventh child at 25 years old, he spent much of his time in the magnificent palace in Urbino. The Duke had lost the mate he described as "the delight of my public and ...
- 22 July 1444 –, 10 September 1482
- Oddantonio
- Guidantonio da Montefeltro, or possibly Bernardino Ubaldini della Carda
- Guidobaldo I
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The Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza are two oil paintings by Italian artist Piero della Francesca, dated to 1473–1475. This famed double portrait is often mistitled The Duke and Duchess of Urbino —as it appears on the website of the Uffizi Gallery, which owns it. [1] Since Battista Sforza died in 1472 and Federico da ...
- 47 cm × 33 cm (19 in × 13 in); each panel
- circa 1473–1475
- Oil on wood
- Piero della Francesca
47 x 33 cm each. Inventory. 1890 nn. 1615, 3342. One of the most celebrated portraits of the Italian Renaissance, the diptych features the Duke of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro (1422-1482) and his wife Battista Sforza (1446-1472). In the tradition of the fourteenth century, inspired by the design of ancient coins, the two figures are shown in ...
The two triumphs feature the same subjects as the portraits decorating the other side, Frederico de Montefeltro the Duke of Urbino, and his wife, Battista Sforza. The named couple and patrons and patrons of this piece (Kempers 237) are thought to have staged it in the center of the audience room in the Urbino palace, where all four images would ...
her daughter Isabetta (or Elisabetta) († 1521), born c. 1464; since 25. June 1475 married to Roberto Malatesta (1442-1482), they had one daughter, Battista; after the death of her husband Isabetta took the veil and became a Franciscan nun. her daughter Costanza († 1518), born in 1466; since 1483 married to Antonello da Sanseverino (1458 ...
We're in the Ufizzi looking at two portraits that were once joined as a diptych. So they would have been connected by a hinge. This is the Duke and Duchess of Urbino – Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza. She had just died and this was a commemorative portrait this is a way that he could remember his his wife.
- 4 min
- Beth Harris,Steven Zucker
