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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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  1. Isabella d'Este by TitianIsabella d'Este Portrait by Titian
  2. Isabella d'Este by da VinciIsabella d'Este Portrait - Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Isabella d'Este by RubensPortrait of Isabella d'Este by artist Peter Paul Rubens
  4. Isabella d'Este by RomanoPortrait of Isabella d'Este by Giulio Romano
  5. The Court by Lorenzo CostaIsabella d'Este - The Court by Lorenzo Costa
  6. Eleonora Gonzaga by TitianEleonora Gonzaga Portrait by Titian
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