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DAVINCI - BIANCA SFORZA
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Bianca Giovanna Sforza |
- Illegitimate daughter of Ludovico
Sforza, Duke of Milan.
- Ludovico was obsessed with
astrology, so much so that the courtiers of Ferrara noticed
that in Milan nothing was done unless Ambrose of Rosate,
astrologer and personal doctor of Ludovico, had first
consulted the stars (Wikipedia).
- Milanese.
- Her
portrait was confused with Beatrice d'Este (bears the number
8) young woman with pearls titled Rittrato di Donna attributed
to Ambrogio de Predis.
- Married to Galeazzo de San
Severino.
Bianca
DaVinci
In the light |
- She was said to be the illegitimate daughter
of Ludovico Sforza and her name was Bianca Giovanna Sforza.
- DaVinci's La Bella Principessa
(The Beautiful Princess) has
also been called Profile of a Young Fiancee.
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It is a portrait in colored chalks and ink, on vellum, of a young lady in fashionable costume and hairstyle of a Milanese of the 1490s.
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