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Lucrezia de' Medici (14 February 1545 – 21 April 1561) was a member of the House of Medici and by marriage Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1558 to 1561. Married to the intended husband of her elder sister Maria , who died young, her marriage was short and unhappy.
Oct 17, 2022 · Lush metaphors and minute description of life in ducal palaces abound in her reimagining of the life of Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of the Grand Duke of Florence, Cosimo I de’ Medici, and...
Classification. Paintings. Department. European to 1910. Key Ideas. Artist Alessandro Allori was trained by Agnolo Bronzino, a portrait painter for the most powerful people in 16th-century Florence, Italy. Lucrezia de’ Medici was the daughter of Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, one of the ruling patriarchs in Florence.
Sep 6, 2022 · MAGGIE O'FARRELL: (Reading) In 1560, 15-year-old Lucrezia de Cosimo de Medici left Florence to begin her married life with Alfonso II, d'Este Duke of Ferrara. Less than a year later,...
May 6, 2024 · In her latest novel, "The Marriage Portrait," O’Farrell takes us into the world of Renaissance Italy, where she unravels the tale of a young woman, Lucrezia de’ Medici. " To The Best Of Our Knowledge " producer Shannon Henry Kleiber talked with O’Farrell about what we can learn about history and ourselves through the many layers of portraits.
This is the finest of all surviving likenesses of Lucrezia, the fifth child of Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and Eleonora di Toledo. In 1558 Lucrezia was joined in an important marriage of state to Alfonso II d’Este, the future Duke of Ferrara. This portrait was painted in 1560 for her brother Francesco on the eve of Lucrezia’s departure for ...
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Sep 6, 2022 · MAGGIE O'FARRELL: (Reading) In 1560, 15-year-old Lucrezia de Cosimo de Medici left Florence to begin her married life with Alfonso II, d'Este Duke of Ferrara. Less than a year later, she would be dead. The official cause of her death was given as putrid fever, but it was rumored that she had been murdered by her husband.
