Italian portraits through classic paintings

**~~Xanthias~~** · 06-19-2014, 02:30 PM

ahh eternal italian women

**Ulla** · 06-19-2014, 02:56 PM

Portrait of Florentine lady Giovanna degli Albizzi, wife of Florentine noble Lorenzo Tornabuoni. Painting dated 1488 by Florentine Domenico Ghirlandaio

Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga, born in Mantua, Lombardy, on 1471. Painting dated 1504-1505 by Urbinate painter Raffaello Sanzio.

Portrait of Isabella d'Este, born in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, on 1474. Portrait dated about 1534 by Venetian painter Tiziano Vecellio.

**~~Ctwentysevenj~~** · 06-19-2014, 03:07 PM

You can see how accurately they dressed in those days. The clarity is amazing. The Renaissance in Italy was one of the richest cultural era for Europe.

**Ulla** · 06-19-2014, 06:31 PM

- Portrait of Lucina Brembati (dated 1518) by Venetian painter Lorenzo Lotto.
Lucina Brembati was the member of the Brembati, noble family from Bergamo, Lombardy, North Italy.

- Portrait of Esmeralda Brandini (dated 1475) by Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli.
Esmeralda Donati Brandini was the mother of Florentine goldsmith Michelangelo Brandini.

- Portrait of Ginevra de Benci (dated before 1490) by Tuscan Leonardo Da Vinci.
Ginevra was the daughter of Florentine banker Amerigo di Giovanni Benci.

**Ulla** · 06-19-2014, 06:52 PM

Portrait of Camilla Gonzaga with his three sons (dated 1539-1540) by Emilian painter Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino. Camilla Gonzaga was the member of the poweful family Gonzaga, noble family from Mantua, Lombardy, North Italy. She married Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo.

Portrait of Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo (dated 1535-1539) by Emilian painter Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino. Pier Maria was the member of a noble family from Parma, Emlia, North Italy. He was the husband of Camilla Gonzaga.