The Little Sister: Beatrice d'Este

The Renaissance was called the age of cultural revival in Italy from the 14th century to the 16th century, while medieval Europe changed to early modern Europe, it gave way to the introduction of humanistic thinking. Humanitarian belief is a value that emphasizes human actors rather than faith and emphasizes rationalism. The Renaissance humanist tends to have powerful power in society and is highly scrutinized by historians who are too vague about their beliefs.

Beatrice d'Este (1475-1497) is Isabella's sister, highly educated intellectual, skilled diplomat, and guardian of art. She got married to Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza. She planned the wedding and knew Leonardo da Vinci who was working as an engineer and court musician for her husband and then portrayed the mistress of Ludovic mistress. As her husband's ambassador, Beatrice went to Venice with majestic and skilled horsemanship and attended the Vercelli Peace Conference between Charles VIII and the Prince of Italy. However, at birth, she died at the age of 21. Her portrait was drawn by Ambrogio de Predis, but I guessed that the work may be actually Leonardo.

This portrait has a descriptive name from a decorative band around the nanny's forehead. She is considered the other mistress of Lucrezia Crivelli (1452-1508) Ludovico Sforza and his son Giovani's mother. Cribbury was the wife of Sforza, Beatrice d'Este's wife. Ironically, after the death of Beatrice, Crivelli lived in Mantova for many years under the protection of Beatrice's sister Isabella. The test showed that a woman with this portrait and suede is drawn on a board of wood cut from the same trunk. Some scholars speculate that this portrait may actually be a Beatrice desse instead of Krivelli.