Costanza Sforza
Constanza Sforza | |
|---|---|
| Duchess of Sora | |
 1594 portrait by Lavinia Fontana | |
| Born | 1550 |
| Died | 1617 (aged 66–67) |
| Noble family | Sforza |
| Spouse(s) | Giacomo Boncompagni |
Costanza Sforza of Santa Fiora (1550–1617) was an Italian noblewoman. By birth she was member of the powerful House of Sforza and by marriage member of the House of Boncompagni.
Early life[edit]
Costanza was daughter of Sforza Sforza, 10th Count di Santa Fiora (1520–1575) and his first wife, Luigia Pallavicino (died in 1552). She was a granddaughter of Costanza Farnese (daughter of Alessandro Farnese, later Pope Paul III).[1] She married Giacomo Boncompagni, Marquess of Vignola, and Duke of Sora.[2]
Lavinia Fontana, a prominent Bolognese artist, painted her portrait in 1594. A year later, Constanza served as the namesake and godmother of Fontana's daughter.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Genealogia di Costanza SFORZA".
- ^ "Costanza Sforza".
- ^ Murphy, Caroline P. (1996). "Lavinia Fontana and 'Le Dame della Citta': understanding female artistic patronage in late sixteenth-century Bologna". Renaissance Studies. 10 (2): 194. doi:10.1111/j.1477-4658.1996.tb00356.x – via JSTOR.
References[edit]
- Murphy, Caroline P. (1996). "Lavinia Fontana and 'Le Dame Citta': understanding female artistic patronage in late sixteenth-century Bologna." Renaissance Studies 10 (2). pp. 190–208. JSTOR.
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