Two painted versions of Isabella d’Este have come to define her association with Titian, although neither records a simple encounter between painter and sitter. One, generally called Isabella in Red, is known principally through a copy made by Peter Paul Rubens after a lost Titian and shows Isabella as a mature woman. The other, IsabellaContinue reading “Titian and Isabella d’Este: The Truth of a Portrait”
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Piero di Cosimo’s Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci: Memory and Invention
A young woman appears in strict profile against a landscape darkening beneath storm clouds. Her pale face is calm and remote, her elaborately plaited hair threaded with pearls and precious stones. Her breasts are uncovered, and around her neck a living serpent winds itself through a gold chain. Along the lower edge of the panel,Continue reading “Piero di Cosimo’s Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci: Memory and Invention”
