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Battista Sforza (1446 – 6 or 7 July 1472) was the Duchess of Urbino in 1460-1472 as the second wife of Federico da Montefeltro. She acted as regent during her husband's absences from Urbino.
- 6 or 7 July 1472 (aged 25–26), Gubbio, Duchy of Urbino
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.
- 47 cm × 33 cm (19 in × 13 in); each panel
- circa 1473–1475
- Oil on wood
- Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca, Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, 1467-72, tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
- 4 min
- Beth Harris,Steven Zucker
- What do the Latin inscriptions shown @3:08 say in English?Roughly translated the latin means: he rides triuphant over the unworthy, he the peer of the greatest leaders, celebrates the fame he becomes, hold...
- At 1:15 I was surprised by the mention of the higher forehead lines in this time . I've never heard ...This went in and out of fashion for several centuries - I remember that Anne Boleyn, the second wife of English king Henry VIII, in a portrait with...
- How are these individuals related to the patron of Titian's Venus of Urbino?Titian's Venus of Urbino was commissioned by Guidobaldo II della Rovere, the Duke of Urbino from 1539 to 1574. His father was chosen as heir to the...
- What was the painting they showed at around 0:57?It's listed at Jean Hey, Portrait of Margaret of Austria, c.1490 3:55 in the ending credits.
- where is this place?The video was recorded in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence Italy, or maybe you are asking about Urbino, a city in Italy east of Florence.
- IT IS A DIPTYCH. The profile portraits, displayed today as a pair of paintings, are tempera works painted on wooden panels. However, in the past, they were connected by hinges, which locked the Duke and Duchess's gazes.
- PORTRAITS OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF URBINO DEPICTS A MERCENARY DUKE. The work captures the Duke of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro. He was the commander of a band of mercenaries who would be hired out by Italian city-states to battle on their behalf.
- THE DUCHESS'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED IN MEMORIAL. Before Piero could complete the matching panel, the 26-year-old Duchess Battista Sforza died of acute pneumonia brought on by childbirth on July 7, 1472.
- THE PROFILES FAVORED THE DUKE'S GOOD SIDE... Though a proud warrior, Montefeltro preferred that his battle scars not be preserved for posterity. A brutal bout of jousting at a tournament cost him his right eye and a chunk of his nose.
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 ...
Piero della Francesca ( / ˌpjɛəroʊ ˌdɛlə frænˈtʃɛskə /, [2] US also /- frɑːnˈ -/, [3] [4] Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ⓘ; né Piero di Benedetto; c. 1415 [1] – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance. To contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. [5]
Sforza, Battista (1446–1472)Duchess of Urbino. Born in 1446; died in 1472; daughter of Allesandro Sforza (1409–1473), lord of Pesaro and Cottignola, and Costanza Sforza ; married Federigo Montefeltro (1422–1482), 1st duke of Urbino; children: Giovanna Montefeltro (who married Giovanni della Rovere); Guidobaldo (1472–1508, who married
