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Isabella d'Este Picture Gallery

Renaissance Arts Patron, Art Collector, and Italian City-State Ruler

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Isabella d'Este supported artists, writers, poets and musicians of the Italian Renaissance, collecting art and antiquities -- and occasionally served as regent for her husband or son, even leading military defenses. At the end of her life, she became a ruler in her own right of a small territory.
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Isabella d'Este Portrait by TitianIsabella d'Este by TitianIsabella d'Este Portrait - Leonardo da VinciIsabella d'Este by da VinciPortrait of Isabella d'Este by artist Peter Paul RubensIsabella d'Este by RubensPortrait of Isabella d'Este by Giulio RomanoIsabella d'Este by Romano
Isabella d'Este - The Court by Lorenzo CostaThe Court by Lorenzo CostaEleonora Gonzaga Portrait by TitianEleonora Gonzaga by Titian
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