Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua
ca. 1534/36 | Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian
Isabella d‘Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara and Modena, married Franceso I Gonzaga, Margrave of Mantua in 1490. As one of the greatest female art patrons in history, she transformed the Mantuan court into a centre of the most eminent Renaissance scholars and artists. Isabella allowed Titian to paint her portrait twice in the 1530’s: at the real age of 60 – the picture is only preserved in a Rubens copy (Inv.-Nr. GG 1534) – and in the picture shown here, in which the subject is idealised as a much younger, elegant figure, and a fashion trend-setter.
Isabella d‘Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara and Modena, married Franceso I Gonzaga, Margrave of Mantua in 1490. As one of the greatest female art patrons in history, she transformed the Mantuan court into a centre of the most eminent Renaissance scholars and artists. Isabella allowed Titian to paint her portrait twice in the 1530’s: at the real age of 60 – the picture is only preserved in a Rubens copy (Inv.-Nr. GG 1534) – and in the picture shown here, in which the subject is idealised as a much younger, elegant figure, and a fashion trend-setter.
Artist:
Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian (um 1488 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venedig) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Isabella d'Este (1480-1519), Markgräfin von Mantua (1474 - 1539) DNB
Time:
ca. 1534/36
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
links und rechts beschnitten: left and right cut: 102,4 cm x 64,7 cm x 2,5 cm
Framed: 126 cm x 87,5 cm x 9 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 83
Provenance
1627 Coll. Vincenzo Gonzaga, Mantua; 1628-1649 Coll. King Charles I of England; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm