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Now celebrated as one of the most important Italian painters of the quattrocento (15 th century), Piero della Francesca languished in obscurity for several centuries. While he did not inspire many artists during the Renaissance, the quiet grandeur and precision of his paintings spoke to a host of 20th-century avant-garde artists from Georges ...
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 ...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (/ t i ˈ ɛ p ə l oʊ / tee-EP-ə-loh, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈtjɛːpolo, ˈtjeː-]; 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Title: Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza; Creator: Piero della Francesca; Creator Death Place: Sansepolcro - Arezzo (Italy) Creator Birth Place: Sansepolcro- Arezzo (Italy) Date Created: 1467 - 1472; Style: Renaissance/ Portrait; Provenance: Della Rovere family collections; Physical ...
Ginevra Sforza (ca. 1441 – 17 May 1507) became the wife of Sante Bentivoglio and then of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, both de facto signori (or unofficial leaders, or 'lords') of Bologna. She had 18 children and served the Bentivoglio family by fulfilling the gendered role demanded of her by society. For the past 500+ years in Bolognese ...
History. The birth of the duchy dates back to 1443, by virtue of the appointment of Oddantonio da Montefeltro as Duke of Urbino by Pope Eugene IV.The Duchy had for a long time the city of the same name as its capital, which soon became one of the focal points of the Italian Renaissance, rivaling Florence and Siena as a center of art, culture, and commerce.
He was the firstborn son of Marquis Alessandro Pallavicino and his second wife, Francesca Sforza di Santa Fiora, widow of Ascanio della Penna della Cornia. He belonged to the Parma branch of the ancient and noble Pallavicini family . He was baptized with the names Francesco Maria Sforza, but in all of his published works throughout his life, he ...
