Sunday 1 July 2018

261) Ippolita Maria Sforza

Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446 – 1484). Italian noble woman, member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, who later reigned as King Alfonso II of Naples and mother of Isabella of Aragon


According to Renaissance historian Maike Vogt-Lüerssen, the woman in these paintings is Ippolita Sforza. http://www.kleio.org/en/history/famtree/vip/440/…




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