Saturday, October 14, 2017
The Artist`s Studio
Giorgio Vasari The Studio of the Painter - painting Diana. The artist is wearing a great outfit.
Gerrit Dou The Artist in his Studio.
Gerrit Dou.
Giorgio Vasari - Justice.
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Lucrezias without Daggers
Friday, October 6, 2017
Bianca and Lucrezia at Forli
Daughter Bianca Sforza and Leonardo`s sketch of Lucrezia Borgia in the Sforza household. His drawing of Lucrezia is so informal, was it sketched while he was doing the pastel of Bianca? Lucrezia may have been sitting with her.
School of Leonardo - young woman.
A "Lucrezia" painting, there is that dagger.
Rembrandt von Rijn - "Lucrezia".
Caterina Sforza "The Tigress of Forli" who also lived there.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Leonardo`s La Bella Principessa
She was painted when Leonardo was with the Sforza family. Lucrezia married into this family in 1491. The date on this portrait is 1495-1496 so they knew one another.
Daughter Bianca Sforza.
Salvator Mundi by Leonardo Da Vinci 1513.
Leonardo`s Sforza portraits.
Sforza lady and the Mona Lisa.
Sforza wife by Leonardo.
Lady with an ermine by Leonardo - Sforza household..
Boltraffio - Cesare Borgia.
"Maria Sforza".
Leonardo Ginevra da Benci.
Woman with a Fur - Leonardo (?).
Madonna in Red - MJA Studio Tucson, AZ.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The Dosso Dossi Portrait - Australia
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Byron and Bembo
Widely believed to be Lucretia Borgia, by Titian, 1515. (This is a "Lucrezia as Lucrezia the Etruscan" painting, there are many of them. The male over her shoulder could be either Tarquin the Etruscan or Cesare Borgia).
Lucretia Borgia is not the fiend history has made her out to be. She was a symbol of the Renaissance woman and the administrator of not only her father’s office, Rodrigo Borgia, but also her husband’s estates, the Duke of Ferrara. In 1502, she met Pietro Bembo, poet and writer, an established member of her husband’s court. Shared intellectual pursuits attracted their kindred spirits, culminating in a brief affair, but leaving a friendship that lasted until her death.
Lord Byron who loved Luceezia and her letters to Pietro Bembo.
Angel by Raphael.
These two paintings are actually both of Lucrezia.
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