Lucrezia Donati
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Born | 1447 Florence, Italy |
Died | 1501 Florence, Italy |
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Lucrezia Donati (Florence, Italy; 1447-ibidem, 1501) was an Italian noblewoman, mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici.[1]
The identity of the woman in the sculpture Dama col mazzolino, at Bargello Museum in Florence could be attributed to Lucrezia Donati.[2][3][4][5][6] Also Sandro Botticelli's painting Fortitude would be another representation of her.[7][8]
Biography[]
Lucrezia was the daughter of and , a Florentine dame[9] who belonged to an extinct family tree, being the last descendant. From 1461 was the mistress of Lorenzo il Magnifico,[9] a platonic love,[10] until Lorenzo later married the Italian noble Clarice Orsini.[11] In 1486 Lorenzo remembered the poems he had written for her when he was 16 in the poem Corinto.
Lucrezia married the Florentian businessman , who died in exile in 1496.[9]
Popular culture[]
The actress Laura Haddock starred as Lucrezia Donati in the television series Da Vinci's Demons.[12][13] Alessandra Mastronardi played Lucrezia in Medici: The Magnificent.[14]
References[]
- ^ "Donati, Lucrezia". Treccani (in Italian). March 15, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ Fossi, Gloria; Bussagli, Marco (2004). "L'" arte italiana: pittura, scultura, architettura dalle origini a oggi (in Italian). Giunti Editore. p. 208. ISBN 9788809037250.
- ^ Touring Club Italiano (1999). Italy: A Complete Guide to 1,000 Towns and Cities and Their Landmarks, with 80 Regional Tours. Touring Editore. p. 194. ISBN 9788836515226.
- ^ Nifosì, Giuseppe (2014). L'arte svelata. Rinascimento Barocco Rococò (in Italian). 2. Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa. p. 197. ISBN 9788842113256.
- ^ Nifosì 2016, p. 46.
- ^ Nifosì 2016, p. 9-10.
- ^ McGowan, Kathleen (July 8, 2010). The Poet Prince. Simon and Schuster. p. 280. ISBN 9780857200167.
- ^ Soares, Átila (June 25, 2014). "Teria Sido Uma Quase Noviça, amante de Leonardo da Vinci?". Fanfulla (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Walter, Ingeborg (2005). Lorenzo il Magnifico e il suo tempo (in Italian). Donzelli Editore. p. 66. ISBN 978-88-7989-921-5.
- ^ Rohde, Jorge Max (1952). Lorenzo el Magnífico (in Spanish). Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. p. 130.
- ^ Vannucci 1999.
- ^ "Da Vinci's Demons. Cast". Starz. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (March 27, 2012). "Starz's Da Vinci's Demons Casts British Actress as its Leading Lady". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (August 10, 2017). "Daniel Sharman and Bradley James Join Netflix's 'Medici' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
Bibliography[]
- Vannucci, Marcello (1999). Le donne di casa Medici (in Italian). Rome: Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 88-541-0526-0.
- Nifosì, Giuseppe (2016). Arte in opera. Dal Rinascimento al Manierismo: Pittura Scultura Architettura. 3. Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa. p. 480. ISBN 9788842114321.
External links[]
Media related to Lucrezia Donati at Wikimedia Commons
- 1447 births
- 1501 deaths
- Donati
- Mistresses of Italian royalty
- 15th-century Italian women