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Medallion <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lucrezia</strong> <strong>Borgia</strong>. (16 th century)<br />

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Engraved silver plaque showing <strong>the</strong> 32 year old <strong>Lucrezia</strong> presenting her son and heir, Ercole (b. 1508), to <strong>San</strong><br />

Maurelio, protector <strong>of</strong> Ferrara. The plaque was executed by Giannantonio da Foligno to commemorate <strong>the</strong> victory<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> French and Ferrarese forces over <strong>the</strong> papal and Spanish armies at <strong>the</strong> battle <strong>of</strong> Ravenna in 1512.<br />

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Portrait <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lucrezia</strong> <strong>Borgia</strong> by Dosso Dossi (1490-1542). 1535.<br />

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Portrait <strong>of</strong> a Woman by Bartolomeo Veneto (active: 1502 - 1531)<br />

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St Ca<strong>the</strong>rine's Disputation<br />

by Pinturicchio (1454-1513)<br />

2nd Room: Hall <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Saints (Sala dei <strong>San</strong>ti);<br />

The <strong>Borgia</strong> Apartments (Appartamento <strong>Borgia</strong>)<br />

<strong>Lucrezia</strong> is painted as<br />

St. Ca<strong>the</strong>rine <strong>of</strong> Alexandria<br />

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The signature <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lucrezia</strong> <strong>Borgia</strong><br />

under a letter to her sister-in-law Isabella Gonzaga, March 1519.<br />

Scan from <strong>Lucrezia</strong> <strong>Borgia</strong>, a biography written by Ferdinand Gregorovius,<br />

First edition vol. I, Stuttgart 1874, Original Archives Gonzaga Mantova (Italy)<br />

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The Tomb <strong>of</strong> Duke Alfonso I d'Este and <strong>Lucrezia</strong> <strong>Borgia</strong>; Ferrara, Italy.<br />

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The <strong>Borgia</strong> Family by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Watercolour. 1863.<br />

Prints & Drawings Study Room, Victoria & Albert Museum, England.<br />

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<strong>Lucrezia</strong> <strong>Borgia</strong> Waltz by Charles Grobe (ca.1817-1879)<br />

Published: Philadelphia: Lee and Walker 1845.<br />

from The Library <strong>of</strong> Congress. Music Division. American 19 th -century sheet music collection.<br />

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A Glass <strong>of</strong> Wine with Caesar <strong>Borgia</strong>. 1893.<br />

Painting by John Collier (1850-1934).<br />

from left: Cesare <strong>Borgia</strong> (pouring - probably poisoned - wine),<br />

<strong>Lucrezia</strong>, Pope Alexander and a young man holding an empty glass.<br />

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