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Isabella herself frequently diminished her own appearance; commenting on his portrait she told [[Francesco_Francia | Francia]] that he had “made us far more beautiful by your art than nature ever made us.”{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=10}} Likewise she told Trissino that “your praises of us far exceed the truth”,{{sfn|Cartwright|1903b|p=105}} and said of Titian’s portrait that “we doubt that at the age he represents us we were ever of the beauty it contains.”{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=19}} In 1534, in the same year that Titian’s portrait was painted, Titian’s friend and Isabella’s [???], Pietro Aretino, mocked her appearance, calling her “the monstrous Marchioness of Mantua, with ebony teeth and ivory eyelashes, dishonestly ugly and ultra-dishonestly tarted up.”{{sfn|Bonoldi|2015|p=78}}{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=19}} Despite her desplays of modesty, Isabella was also known to lose herself infront of a mirror.{{sfn|Chambers|Martineau|1981|p=56|ps=: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'}}
Isabella herself frequently diminished her own appearance; commenting on his portrait she told [[Francesco_Francia | Francia]] that he had “made us far more beautiful by your art than nature ever made us.”{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=10}} Likewise she told Trissino that “your praises of us far exceed the truth”,{{sfn|Cartwright|1903b|p=105}} and said of Titian’s portrait that “we doubt that at the age he represents us we were ever of the beauty it contains.”{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=19}} In 1534, in the same year that Titian’s portrait was painted, Titian’s friend and Isabella’s [???], Pietro Aretino, mocked her appearance, calling her “the monstrous Marchioness of Mantua, with ebony teeth and ivory eyelashes, dishonestly ugly and ultra-dishonestly tarted up.”{{sfn|Bonoldi|2015|p=78}}{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=19}} Despite her desplays of modesty, Isabella was also known to lose herself infront of a mirror.{{sfn|Chambers|Martineau|1981|p=56|ps=: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'}}


Isabella was worried about her weight from an early age,__Syson__ and biographer George R. Marek remarks that she was “a bit on the pudgy side” as a child.{{sfn|Marek|1976|p=16}} As an adult she discussed her weight with those close to her frequently. In 1499 she sent a portrait by [[Giovanni Santi]] to her brother Ludovico Sforza, complaining that it did not resemble her very much “for being a little fatter than me.” Ludovico replied that he liked the portrait very much of her and that it was very similar to her, although "somewhat more fat", unless Isabella had "grown fatter after we saw her."<ref>Alessandro Luzio e Rodolfo Renier, Delle relazioni d'Isabella d'Este Gonzaga con Lodovico e Beatrice Sforza, etc, p. 151.</ref>,{{sfn|Chambers|Martineau|1981|p=56|ps=: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'}} In 1509 she complained to her husband that “if she had more to do with running the state she would not have grown fat”,{{sfn|Chambers|Martineau|1981|p=63|ps=: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'}} while in 1511 her sister Lucrezia complained about an early draft of the Francia portrait that made her look too thin.{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=9}}
Isabella was worried about her weight from an early age,__Syson__ and biographer George R. Marek remarks that she was “a bit on the pudgy side” as a child.{{sfn|Marek|1976|p=16}} As an adult she discussed her weight with those close to her frequently. In 1499 she sent a portrait by [[Giovanni Santi]] to her brother Ludovico Sforza, complaining that it did not resemble her very much “for being a little fatter than me.” Ludovico replied that he liked the portrait very much of her and that it was very similar to her, although "somewhat more fat", unless Isabella had "grown fatter after we saw her."<ref>Alessandro Luzio e Rodolfo Renier, Delle relazioni d'Isabella d'Este Gonzaga con Lodovico e Beatrice Sforza, etc, p. 151.</ref>{{sfn|Chambers|Martineau|1981|p=56|ps=: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'}} In 1509 she complained to her husband that “if she had more to do with running the state she would not have grown fat”,{{sfn|Chambers|Martineau|1981|p=63|ps=: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'}} while in 1511 her sister Lucrezia complained about an early draft of the Francia portrait that made her look too thin.{{sfn|Hickson|2009|p=9}}


Her face became damaged and prematurely aged by [[Venetian ceruse]].{{sfn|Condra|2008|p=35}}
Her face became damaged and prematurely aged by [[Venetian ceruse]].{{sfn|Condra|2008|p=35}}

Revision as of 22:38, 16 November 2023

Early life

Isabella was born on Tuesday, 19 May 1474 at nine o'clock in the evening [1] Isabella's mother wrote a letter to her friend Barbara Gonzaga describing the details of Isabella's birth[2] in Ferrara, to Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Eleanor of Naples.[3]

Appearance

Confrontation of the Este brothers' medals: Isabella, Alfonso, Ferrante, Ippolito and Sigismondo had inherited the typical Este nose of their father; Beatrice the slightly upturned one of her mother. Furthermore, all were dark-haired, except Ferrante and Sigismondo, who had recovered, as it seems, the traditional blond of the Este.

Isabella’s appearance was frequently written about in her lifetime. Mario Equicola said that “her eyes were black and sparkling, her hair yellow, and her complexion one of dazzling brilliancy.”[4] Similarly Gian Giorgio Trissino’s I Ritratti has a fictionalized Pietro Bembo describe Isabella’s “rippling golden hair that flowed in thick masses over her shoulders,”[4] in a passage that, according to art historian Sally Hickson, identifies Isabella as the “living paragon of female beauty.”[5] The real Bembo praised Isabella’s “beautiful and charming hand and pure, sweet voice” in a letter addressed to her.[6] The alleged beauty of Isabella attracted the attention of the king of France, Charles VIII, who asked the chaplain Bernardino of Urbino about her features and attempted to arrange a meeting with her. However, this meeting never took place as shortly after he returned to France.[7][8]

Isabella herself frequently diminished her own appearance; commenting on his portrait she told Francia that he had “made us far more beautiful by your art than nature ever made us.”[9] Likewise she told Trissino that “your praises of us far exceed the truth”,[10] and said of Titian’s portrait that “we doubt that at the age he represents us we were ever of the beauty it contains.”[11] In 1534, in the same year that Titian’s portrait was painted, Titian’s friend and Isabella’s [???], Pietro Aretino, mocked her appearance, calling her “the monstrous Marchioness of Mantua, with ebony teeth and ivory eyelashes, dishonestly ugly and ultra-dishonestly tarted up.”[12][11] Despite her desplays of modesty, Isabella was also known to lose herself infront of a mirror.[13]

Isabella was worried about her weight from an early age,__Syson__ and biographer George R. Marek remarks that she was “a bit on the pudgy side” as a child.[14] As an adult she discussed her weight with those close to her frequently. In 1499 she sent a portrait by Giovanni Santi to her brother Ludovico Sforza, complaining that it did not resemble her very much “for being a little fatter than me.” Ludovico replied that he liked the portrait very much of her and that it was very similar to her, although "somewhat more fat", unless Isabella had "grown fatter after we saw her."[15][13] In 1509 she complained to her husband that “if she had more to do with running the state she would not have grown fat”,[16] while in 1511 her sister Lucrezia complained about an early draft of the Francia portrait that made her look too thin.[17]

Her face became damaged and prematurely aged by Venetian ceruse.[18]

References

  1. ^ Marek 1976, p. 12.
  2. ^ Note: In fifteenth century Italy the day began at sunset rather than at midnight; therefore as Isabella's birth occurred on 19 May at the second hour, this indicated that correctly, she was born on 18 May, at 9.00 P.M.
  3. ^ Cartwright 1903a.
  4. ^ a b Cartwright 1903a, p. 9.
  5. ^ Hickson 2009, p. 17.
  6. ^ Cartwright 1903a, p. 273.
  7. ^ La galleria dei Gonzaga, venduta all'Inghilterra nel 1627–28: documenti degli archivi di Mantova e Londra, Alessandro Luzio Cogliati, 1913, p. 223.
  8. ^ Alessandro Luzio e Rodolfo Renier, Delle relazioni d'Isabella d'Este Gonzaga con Lodovico e Beatrice Sforza, Milano, Tipografia Bortolotti di Giuseppe Prato, 1890, p. 116.
  9. ^ Hickson 2009, p. 10.
  10. ^ Cartwright 1903b, p. 105.
  11. ^ a b Hickson 2009, p. 19.
  12. ^ Bonoldi 2015, p. 78.
  13. ^ a b Chambers & Martineau 1981, p. 56: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'
  14. ^ Marek 1976, p. 16.
  15. ^ Alessandro Luzio e Rodolfo Renier, Delle relazioni d'Isabella d'Este Gonzaga con Lodovico e Beatrice Sforza, etc, p. 151.
  16. ^ Chambers & Martineau 1981, p. 63: Jennifer Fletcher, 'Isabella d’Este, Patron and Collector'
  17. ^ Hickson 2009, p. 9.
  18. ^ Condra 2008, p. 35.

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  • Cartwright, Julia Mary (1903b). Isabella d'Este, marchioness of Mantua, 1474–1539: a study of the renaissance. Vol. 2. New York, E.P. Dutton and company.
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