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Marquisate of Mantua. Northern Italy in 1796; the Duchy of Mantua can be seen centre-right, shaded in orange, as part of the Duchy of Milan. The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua ( Italian: Marchesato di Mantova) was a margraviate located in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Placed under the sovereignty of the House of Gonzaga since its erection in ...
House of Gonzaga. The House of Gonzaga ( US: / ɡənˈzɑːɡə, ɡɒn -, - ˈzæɡ -/, [2] Italian: [ɡonˈdzaːɡa]) is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy ). They also ruled Monferrato in Piedmont and Nevers in France, as ...
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Apr 2, 2024 · Italian Wars. Giovanni de’ Medici (born April 6, 1498, Forli, Papal States [Italy]—died November 30, 1526, Mantua, marquisate of Mantua) was the most noted soldier of all the Medici. branches of the Medici family. Giovanni belonged to the younger, or cadet, branch of the Medici, descended from Lorenzo, brother to Cosimo the Elder.
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Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi was principal court sculptor to the Gonzaga family, princely rulers of the northern Italian marquisate of Mantua. When collecting Greek and Roman statuary, coins, and precious gems was an essential part of the Renaissance revival of antiquity, Pier Jacopo earned the name l’Antico (“one of the ancients”) for his profound knowledge of classical sculpture.[1]
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Barbara was the daughter of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg and a great-niece by marriage of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Her engagement took place on 5 July and marriage took place on 12 November 1433 in Mantua, when she was only ten years old, and she spent the latter part of her childhood in Mantua. Her ma...
During her marriage, Barbara gave birth to fourteen children: 1. Federico (1438? – died in infancy). 2. Maddalena (1439? – died in infancy). 3. Elisabetta (1440? – died in infancy). 4. Federico I(1441–1484), Marquis of Mantua. 5. Francesco (1444–1483), created Cardinal by Pope Pius II. 6. Paola Bianca (1445–1447), died in infancy. 7. Gianfrancesco(...
Ebba Severidt: Familie, Verwandtschaft Und Karriere Bei Den Gonzaga: Struktur Und Funktion Von Familie Und Verwandtschaft Bei Den Gonzaga Und Ihren Deutschen Verwandten 1444-1519. DRW, 2002. ISBN 9...
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- 7 November 1481 (aged 58–59), Mantua
- Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
- John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Jun 25, 2021 · His most significant architectural projects included the construction and decoration of additions to two countryside palaces and the creation of a new, third villa, while in Mantua itself he built and decorated a city palace to house Andrea Mantegna's Triumphs of Caesar, commissioned Pietro Lombardo to create marble revetments for a chapel in ...
The west wall: The Meeting. 1465-74. Walnut oil on plaster. Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua. The three picture panels of the west wall are also conceived as imaginary views through a curtained loggia. The painted curtains have been drawn so far to the side that we can see a landscape beneath a blue sky dotted with clouds that extends ...
