Francesco Gonzaga
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Baldassare CastiglioneLife…the service of the marquis, Francesco Gonzaga, transferring to the service of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, in 1504. Among his duties was a mission to England to receive the Order of the Garter as a proxy for Guidobaldo. It was at Urbino that Castiglione collaborated with his cousin…
Read More…the service of the marquis, Francesco Gonzaga, transferring to the service of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, in 1504. Among his duties was a mission to England to receive the Order of the Garter as a proxy for Guidobaldo. It was at Urbino that Castiglione collaborated with his cousin…
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…a new patron in Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga. It was for a court occasion that he wrote in Mantua Orfeo (1480; “Orpheus”), a short dramatic composition in the vernacular, based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and inspired by the same humanist ideal of beauty that pervades his Stanze. Orfeo…
Read More…a new patron in Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga. It was for a court occasion that he wrote in Mantua Orfeo (1480; “Orpheus”), a short dramatic composition in the vernacular, based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and inspired by the same humanist ideal of beauty that pervades his Stanze. Orfeo…
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