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The Sforza

Lodovico il Moro Sforza

Violanta Bentivoglio (as Saint Mary)

with her husband, Gian Paolo Sforza (on the right side) and her son Muzio (as the Child Jesus Christ) – the little black Saint John the Baptist is used as emblem for the descendants of Lodovico il Moro. Is the woman on the left side Lucrezia Crivelli as Saint Anna ?


 

Violanta Bentivoglio

with the Sforza-Symbols of her husband's dynasty: the bow and the Moor


 

Violanta Bentivoglio

with the Sforza-Symbols of her husband's dynasty: the bow, the star-like sun and the chain of interconnected rings


 

Violanta Bentivoglio, the young wife of Gian Paolo Sforza


 

Violante Bentivoglio