Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Baldassare Castiglione. Show all posts

3 January 2024

Beatrice d’Este – Duchess of Milan

The brief life of a politically astute noblewoman from Ferrara Beatrice D'Este, portrayed in a painting by the 19th century Italian arti...

13 February 2019

Isabella d’Este – Marchioness of Mantua

‘The First Lady of the world’ Titian's portrait of Isabella d'Este, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Isabella ...

6 February 2019

Girolamo Benivieni – poet

Follower of Plato, Dante and Savonarola Girolamo Benivieni, pictured as an old man in a painting attributed to Ridolfo Ghirlandaio T...

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