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

Isabella of Aragon and Leonardo da Vinci "are lending their faces" to Eleonora of Portugal and Emperor Frederick III

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 as Pomona, 1497

Isabella of Aragon as Saint Anne

Isabella of Aragon as widow (of her second husband, Leonardo da Vinci), c. 1520

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; 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 have been married into the House of Sforza, and I am the rightful 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 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 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

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with two of her three sons as the Virgin

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her three sons as the Virgin

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her two sons Francesco and Antonio

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her two sons Francesco and Antonio as the Virgin with the Child Jesus and the little John the Baptist

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her three sons

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her two sons Francesco and Antonio as the Virgin with the Child Jesus and the little John the Baptist

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her two sons Francesco and Antonio as the Virgin with the Child Jesus and the little John the Baptist; this altarpiece, called "The Madonna of Laroque", was made by Leonardo da Vinci

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with three of her children, probably Francesco (as the Child Jesus), Giovanna and Maria (as the angels)

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her five children from her second marriage

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, as the Virgin Mary

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with her first son Francesco il Duchetto as the Virgin with Child and important relatives of the Visconti-Sforza dynasty, Filippo Maria Visconti, Giangaleazzo Visconti, Lodovico il Moro Sforza and Gian Galeazzo II. Maria Sforza (from left to right)

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, as the Virgin with Child

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, and her son Francesco da Melzo as the Virgin with Child

Isabella of Aragon as Pomona

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, depicted three times: as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, as the Virgin with Child and as Saint Catherine of Siena