Clarice Orsini (on the left) with her sister-in-law Bianca Maria de' Medici
Clarice Orsini (on the left) with her husband Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici is depicted as a woman, because on this fresco the birth of Saint John the Baptist is celebrated – in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance all men were forbidden to enter the room where a woman has given birth, if the painter wanted to show Lorenzo de' Medici in this religious scene he had to depict him as a woman which was by the way a normal practice in the painting of the Renaissance
Clarice Orsini