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Filippino Lippi, Lorenzo Monaco, and
Ambrogio Lorenzetti. The Capponi Chapel, a Santa Felicita church that was once in close proximity to her, carried Pontormo’s artworks. The Church of San Barnaba, her family’s burial place and where her sister’s and daughter’s vow took place, carried Sandro Botticelli’s San Barnaba Altarpiece and Annunciation. Lucrezia’s Florence upbringing and faith means she possibly acknowledged and was inspired by Suor Plautilla Nelli, the first female artist in Florence. Nelli was a nun and a painter, her artwork was owned by many men in Florence, and she taught women in her art studio. Vasari also mentions Nelli in “the Lives of the Artists.”
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her older brothers’ tutor, the
Latinist Dionigi Lippi. Lippi wrote a letter to Lucrezia, praising her faith and purity. Aside from the instruction of Bronzino, Allori learned about literature from Silvano Razzi, a Camaldolese writer and priest who worked alongside Giorgio Vasari and was friends with Varchi
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Clemente Pietra.Count Clemente was stabbed with a poison knife on February 9, 1574, and died on February 13, 1574. An author-less poem in Guiliano de’ Ricci’s Cronica details the assassination and the sorrow of Lucreiza. With the help of servants, she took care of her
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Quistellis' connection with famous artists and writers shaped Lucrezia’s education. In Lucrezia’s time in Florence, children of noblemen received a humanist education coupled with tutoring under Alessandro Allori, and other successful artists. Lucrezia had a possible academic relationship with
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This artwork was discovered as her painting due to the restoration process of cleaning. The painting was found covered in a thick layer of dirt and it was actively degrading. Experts from
Gabbantichità Antiquariato Modernariato Restauri restored and cleaned this painting in 2015, discovering her
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Lucrezia’s artistic inspirations are drawn from her upbringing and setting. Alfonso owned the painting by Jacopo Pontormo, Madonna with Child and Saints. Lucrezia was baptized at the San Procolo church. The San Procolo church had altarpieces created by famous artists such as
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Lucrezia's mother, Giulia Santi was married once before she married
Alfonso Quistelli. She was married to Alberto II Pio of Savoy, who was killed. She was widowed in 1532, then remarried to Alfonso Quistelli the following year. Following the death of Santi's father, her family worked in the
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Quistelli, began to participate in literary patronage in hopes of elevating the Quistelli's social status in Florence. Through the participation of the literary patronage, he became well acquainted with
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Sigismondo Santi (from Ferrera), daughter of Lucrezia Rabbia and Sigismondo Santi. Santi's family was made of humanists and courtiers. Lucrezia was named after her grandmother.
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eight children. Her connections and late husband’s feudal ties allowed her children to marry into royalty, status, or lead monastic lifestyles.
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