Isotta Brembati

Isotta Brembati
Isotta Brembati
	Brembati painted by Giovanni Battista Moroni, circa 1560.
Born	1530; Bergamo, Italy
Died	February 24, 1586; Bergamo, Italy
Nationality	Italian

Isotta Brembati (c. 1530 – February 24, 1586), also known as Isotta Brembati Grumelli, was an Italian poet and countess.

Biography[]

Another painting of Brembati

Born in Bergamo in 1530^[1] to Isotta Ludovico and Lucas Brembati,^[2] Brembati was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian.^[3] Initially married to Count Lecio Secco d'Aragona di Calcio, she remarried to Gian Gerolamo Grumelli in 1561. Brembati and Grumelli gained significant local influence as a couple and were painted twice by Giovanni Battista Moroni.^[4]

Legacy[]

Brembati gained widespread acclaim for her poetry. After her death in 1586, a book of poems titled Rime funerali di diversi illustri ingegni composte in volgare et latina favella in morte della molto illustre signora Isotta Brembati-Grumelli was published to commemorate her.^[3]

References[]

^ Cox, Virginia (2008). Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650. JHU Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0801888199.
^ Stevenson, Jane (2005). Women Latin Poets: Language, Gender, and Authority, from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 163. ISBN 0198185022.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Chaudon, Louis Mayeul (1810). Dictionnaire universel, historique, critique, et bibliographique; ou, Histoire abrégée et impartiale des hommes de toutes les nations qui se sont rendus célèbres, illustres ou fameux ... depuis la plus haute antiquité jusquʹa nos jours: avec les dieux et les héros des abbés Brotier et Mercier de Saint-Leger, etc., etc, Volumes 3-4. Mame frères. pp. 270–271.
^ Mansueto, Donato; Calogero, Elena Laura (2007). The Italian Emblem: A Collection of Essays. Librairie Droz. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0852618325.

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[1] Cox, Virginia (2008). Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650. JHU Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0801888199.

[2] Stevenson, Jane (2005). Women Latin Poets: Language, Gender, and Authority, from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 163. ISBN 0198185022.

[:0-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Chaudon, Louis Mayeul (1810). Dictionnaire universel, historique, critique, et bibliographique; ou, Histoire abrégée et impartiale des hommes de toutes les nations qui se sont rendus célèbres, illustres ou fameux ... depuis la plus haute antiquité jusquʹa nos jours: avec les dieux et les héros des abbés Brotier et Mercier de Saint-Leger, etc., etc, Volumes 3-4. Mame frères. pp. 270–271.

[4] Mansueto, Donato; Calogero, Elena Laura (2007). The Italian Emblem: A Collection of Essays. Librairie Droz. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0852618325.

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Isotta Brembati
Brembati painted by Giovanni Battista Moroni, circa 1560.
Born	1530 Bergamo, Italy
Died	February 24, 1586 Bergamo, Italy
Nationality	Italian