Is this Lucrezia Borgia?
Is this Lucrezia Borgia? Saturday November 29, 2008Lucrezia Borgia is the most infamous member of one of the Renaissances best known families, the Borgias, thanks to a popular, but probably entirely false, reputation as a poisoner. Until now there were thought to be no surviving formal portraits of her, but the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia is claiming to have identified a painting in its collection as that of Lucrezia. Previously thought to have been of a male because the subject is holding a dagger, the picture has also been identified as the work of Dosso Dossi, painted between 1515 20. The Independent has a good reproduction online. Comments (1)See All Posts
Lucrezia Borgia is the most infamous member of one of the Renaissances best known families, the Borgias, thanks to a popular, but probably entirely false, reputation as a poisoner. Until now there were thought to be no surviving formal portraits of her, but the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia is claiming to have identified a painting in its collection as that of Lucrezia. Previously thought to have been of a male because the subject is holding a dagger, the picture has also been identified as the work of Dosso Dossi, painted between 1515 20. The Independent has a good reproduction online. Comments (2)See All PostsShare
