Cartwright, Julia; Cartwright, Julia [Hrsg.]: Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua 1474-1539: a study of the renaissance (Band 1) (London, 1903)

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER XVIII

1500—1506
PAGE
Isabella’s relations with painters during the early years
of the sixteenth century—Her letters to Leonardo da
Vinci—Correspondence with Fra Pietro da Novellara,
Angelo del Tovaglia, Manfredi, and Amadori—She
asks Perugino for a painting for her studio—Descrip-
tion of the Triumph of Chastity composed by Paride
da Ceresara—-Perugino’s delays—Correspondence with
Malatesta, Tovaglia, &c. . . . 317-340

CHAPTER XIX

1501—1507
Isabella asks Giovanni Bellini for a picture—Her corre-
spondence with Lorenzo da Pavia and Michele Vianello
—The subject changed to a Nativity—Delays of the
painter—Isabella calls in Alvise Marcello—Asks for
her money to be returned—The picture is completed
and sent to Mantua in 1504—Isabella’s negotiations
with Giovanni Bellini through Pietro Bembo for
another picture, which is never painted , 341-361

CHAPTER XX

1504—1512
Mantegna’s last works for Isabella d’Este — Illness and
debts—He appeals to Isabella for help, and sells her
his antique bust of Faustina—Calandra’s description of
his Comus—Death of Mantegna and tribute of Lorenzo
da Pavia—Pictures in Andrea’s workshop—The Comus
finished by Lorenzo Costa — Letters of Antonio
Galeazzo Bentivoglio to Isabella — The Triumph of
Poetry or Court of Isabella—Costa’s portrait of the
Marchesa—Francia paints the portrait of her son
Federico and her own—Correspondence on the sub-
ject with Casio and Lucrezia Bentivoglio—Death of
Giorgione . . , . . 362-392

Genealogical Tables

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