She was engaged to Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara, but died at the age of seventeen, before the marriage could take place. She was educated with her brothers and was among the brightest of the children. When her brother Francesco didn't understand his Greek lesson, his tutors called on Maria to explain it to him. Maria kept herself somewhat aloof from her younger brothers and sisters. She grew into an elegant, highly educated, and decorous young woman.[2]
According to one unreliable legend, recounted in Edgcumbe Staley's The Tragedies of the Medici, Maria was lovely and kept closely guarded from men, but managed to meet a young lover, Malatesta de' Malatesti, in secret. According to the story, she was stabbed in the heart by her father after he caught the young lovers together. Cosimo then supposedly put out the story that she had died of a spotted fever and threw her young lover in prison.[3]
Other more accurate accounts indicate that Maria's cause of death was probably malaria. She died in Livorno. Her father mourned for her deeply and kept her portrait in his bedroom until he died; he had now lost two of his daughters, Bia de' Medici—an illegitimate child born before Cosimo's marriage to Eleonora—being the other daughter. "She was of the same disposition as myself," said Cosimo, "and she was deprived of fresh air." Her sister Lucrezia di Cosimo de Medici later married Alfonso.[4]
Portraitsedit
Maike Vogt-Lüerssen argued in an article in Medicea – Rivista interdisciplinare di studi medicei that portraits of Maria have been misidentified by art historians during the past 500 years. She argued that a portrait by Bronzino that is usually identified as Maria depicts her younger half-sister Virginia de' Medici, while a Bronzino portrait of a young girl in a white dress depicts Maria rather than her older half-sister, Bia de' Medici. Vogt-Lüerssen also argued that a Bronzino portrait identified as an unknown noblewoman and her son is of a teenaged Maria and her younger brother, Antonio, both of whom died young. She identified the girl as Maria because of the similarity in facial features between the subjects of each of the latter two portraits.[5]
A portrait usually identified as Maria de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who died at the age of seventeen. She was painted by Bronzino when she was eleven. One critic proposed that the portrait is of Maria's younger half-sister Virginia de' Medici.
This portrait by Bronzino was identified as Maria de' Medici, painted in January 1551 when she was ten years old, until the 1950s.
^Vogt-Lüerssen, Maike: The True Faces of the Daughters and Sons of Cosimo I de' Medici
^ abCesati, Franco (1999). Medici. Firenze: La Mandragora. p. 75. ISBN88-85957-36-6.
^ abcdAdy, Cecilia Mary (1907). A History of Milan Under the Sforza. Methuen & Company. pp. 109, 334. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ abTomas, Natalie R. (5 July 2017). The Medici Women: Gender and Power in Renaissance Florence. Taylor & Francis. p. 248. ISBN9781351885829. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ abBrown, Alison (1979). "Pierfrancesco de' Medici, 1430-1476: A Radical Alternative to Elder Medicean Supremacy?". Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 42: 81–103. doi:10.2307/751086. JSTOR 751086.
^ abEhrenberg, Richard (1896). Die Geldmächte des 16. Jahrhunderts [The money powers of the 16th century] (in German). G. Fischer. p. 308. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ abStaley, Edgcumbe. "The First Tyrannicide". The Tragedies of the Medici.
Referencesedit
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Murphy, Caroline P. (2008). Murder of a Medici Princess. USA: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-531439-5
Schultes, Lothar (2017): "Der Tod und das Mädchen – Bia oder Maria de' Medici?" In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für vergleichende Kunstforschung in Wien, 69, Nr. 1/2, February 2017, p. 1– 6.
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Maria de Medici April 3 1540 November 19 1557 was the eldest child of Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo She was a member of the famous Medici family 1 Possibly Maria de Medici with her younger brother Antonio in a posthumous portrait by Agnolo Bronzino Contents 1 Life 2 Portraits 3 Ancestry 4 Notes 5 ReferencesLife editShe was engaged to Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara but died at the age of seventeen before the marriage could take place She was educated with her brothers and was among the brightest of the children When her brother Francesco didn t understand his Greek lesson his tutors called on Maria to explain it to him Maria kept herself somewhat aloof from her younger brothers and sisters She grew into an elegant highly educated and decorous young woman 2 According to one unreliable legend recounted in Edgcumbe Staley s The Tragedies of the Medici Maria was lovely and kept closely guarded from men but managed to meet a young lover Malatesta de Malatesti in secret According to the story she was stabbed in the heart by her father after he caught the young lovers together Cosimo then supposedly put out the story that she had died of a spotted fever and threw her young lover in prison 3 Other more accurate accounts indicate that Maria s cause of death was probably malaria She died in Livorno Her father mourned for her deeply and kept her portrait in his bedroom until he died he had now lost two of his daughters Bia de Medici an illegitimate child born before Cosimo s marriage to Eleonora being the other daughter She was of the same disposition as myself said Cosimo and she was deprived of fresh air Her sister Lucrezia di Cosimo de Medici later married Alfonso 4 Portraits editMaike Vogt Luerssen argued in an article in Medicea Rivista interdisciplinare di studi medicei that portraits of Maria have been misidentified by art historians during the past 500 years She argued that a portrait by Bronzino that is usually identified as Maria depicts her younger half sister Virginia de Medici while a Bronzino portrait of a young girl in a white dress depicts Maria rather than her older half sister Bia de Medici Vogt Luerssen also argued that a Bronzino portrait identified as an unknown noblewoman and her son is of a teenaged Maria and her younger brother Antonio both of whom died young She identified the girl as Maria because of the similarity in facial features between the subjects of each of the latter two portraits 5 nbsp A portrait usually identified as Maria de Medici daughter of Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany who died at the age of seventeen She was painted by Bronzino when she was eleven One critic proposed that the portrait is of Maria s younger half sister Virginia de Medici nbsp This portrait by Bronzino was identified as Maria de Medici painted in January 1551 when she was ten years old until the 1950s nbsp A portrait of a young woman by Alessandro Allori that is sometimes identified as either Maria de Medici or her cousin Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo Ancestry editAncestors of Maria de Medici 1540 1557 16 Pierfrancesco di Lorenzo de Medici 9 8 Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de Medici 7 17 Laudomia Acciaiuoli 9 4 Ludovico di Giovanni de Medici 1 18 Galeazzo Maria Sforza 7 9 Caterina Sforza 7 19 Lucrezia Landriani 7 2 Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany20 Giovanni Salviati 10 10 Jacopo Salviati 8 21 Maddalena Gondi 10 5 Maria Salviati 1 22 Lorenzo de Medici 11 11 Lucrezia de Medici 8 23 Clarice Orsini 11 1 Maria de Medici24 Garcia Alvarez de Toledo y Carrillo12 Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo y Enriquez de Guzman25 Maria Enriquez de Toledo y Guzman6 Pedro Alvarez de Toledo y Zuniga 6 26 Alvaro de Zuniga y Guzman pt 13 Isabel de Zuniga y Pimentel27 Leonor Pimentel y Zuniga3 Eleanor of Toledo28 Rodrigo Pimentel y Quinones14 Luis Pimentel y Pacheco29 Maria Luisa Pacheco y Portocarrero7 Maria Osorio y Pimentel 6 30 Pedro Osorio y Fernandez15 Juana Osorio y Bazan31 Maria Bazan y QuinonesNotes edit a b c The Medici Granducal Archive and the Medici Archive Project PDF p 12 Archived from the original PDF on 15 January 2006 Murphy 2008 pp 34 41 Staley Edgcumbe The Tragedies of the Medici Archived 2007 12 17 at the Wayback Machine Murphy 2008 p 63 Vogt Luerssen Maike The True Faces of the Daughters and Sons of Cosimo I de Medici a b Cesati Franco 1999 Medici Firenze La Mandragora p 75 ISBN 88 85957 36 6 a b c d Ady Cecilia Mary 1907 A History of Milan Under the Sforza Methuen amp Company pp 109 334 Retrieved 26 June 2018 a b Tomas Natalie R 5 July 2017 The Medici Women Gender and Power in Renaissance Florence Taylor amp Francis p 248 ISBN 9781351885829 Retrieved 26 June 2018 a b Brown Alison 1979 Pierfrancesco de Medici 1430 1476 A Radical Alternative to Elder Medicean Supremacy Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 42 81 103 doi 10 2307 751086 JSTOR 751086 a b Ehrenberg Richard 1896 Die Geldmachte des 16 Jahrhunderts The money powers of the 16th century in German G Fischer p 308 Retrieved 26 June 2018 a b Staley Edgcumbe The First Tyrannicide The Tragedies of the Medici References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maria de Medici 1540 1557 Murphy Caroline P 2008 Murder of a Medici Princess USA Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 531439 5 Staley Edgcumbe The Tragedies of the Medici Schultes Lothar 2017 Der Tod und das Madchen Bia oder Maria de Medici In Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft fur vergleichende Kunstforschung in Wien 69 Nr 1 2 February 2017 p 1 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maria de 27 Medici 1540 1557 amp oldid 1217556068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
