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Isabella of Aragon

Isabella of Aragon

at the age of seven or eight as the Virgin with the Child Jesus Christ, who in this case shows her future first husband, Gian Galeazzo II. Maria Sforza

 

Isabella of Aragon

the young Duchess of Milan, depicted as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (or as Saint Lucia) as is tradition for the Milanese Duchesses of the Visconti and Sforza

 

Isabella of Aragon

portrayed as the Virgin in the tradition of the Milanese Dynasties of the Visconti and Sforza after giving birth to her first son

 

Isabella of Aragon

and her son Francesco as the Virgin and her Child Jesus Christ

 

Isabella of Aragon

with her daughter Bona Maria the Virgin with the Child Jesus Christ; hence, the little Bona Maria is shown as a boy; her little brother with his curly head is depicted in the front left

 

Isabella of Aragon

with transparent veil and her characteristic Neapolitan headgear

 

Isabella of Aragon in 1500

 

Isabella of Aragon, c. 1540 (made after her death)

dressed in the colours of the old kingdom of Naples: Yellow and Black; in her right hand she holds the symbol of the Order of the Neapolitan Kings of Aragon, the ermine; on her headgear we can see one of the symbols of the House of Sforza: the double-knot or double-bow, and beneath her left hand we can see one of the most important symbols of the House of Visconti-Sforza: the cross and on it the wide-open mouth of a dragon-like viper which is swallowing a man. With this portrait Isabella of Aragon tells us: I am a member of the venerable Kingdom of Naples, I am belonging to the Neapolitan Dynasty of Aragon, I am (was) married into the House of Sforza, and I am the rightful Duchess of Milan!

 

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan

 

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Virgin Mary with the Child

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Virgin Mary, c. 1480

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Virgin Mary with the Child

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Virgin Mary with the Child

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Saint Magdalen

 

Isabella of Aragon

with her son Francesco il Duchetto as the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus Christ and the nun Alessandra Bentivoglio, who was a daughter of Ippolita Sforza and therefore a distant relative of Isabella's

 

Isabella of Aragon as Saint Catherine of Alexandria

 

Isabella of Aragon as Saint Catherine of Alexandria

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Virgin Mary with one of her sons

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Virgin Mary with her two sons from her second marriage

 

Isabella of Aragon

Isabella of Aragon (the third and fourth person on the left side) as young girl and the Virgin Mary at the circumcision of the Child Jesus Christ

 

Isabella of Aragon

with her son Francesco il Duchetto as the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus Christ

 

Isabella of Aragon as the Virgin Mary with her children

 

Isabella of Aragon

as Saint Catherine of Alexandria

 

Isabella of Aragon

with her son Francesco il Duchetto as the Virgin Mary with Child

 

Isabella of Aragon

Isabella of Aragon (here as Saint Catherine of Alexandria) being buried by three angels, 1524

 

Isabella of Aragon

with as the Virgin Mary with one of her children

 

Isabella of Aragon

as the Virgin Mary with one of her sons

 

Isabella of Aragon as Saint Agatha

 

Isabella of Aragon as Saint Lucia