Part 4

54 FILIPPO MARIA VISCONTI, Duke of Milan; Pisanello; 355

55 NICCOLÒ PICCININO; Pisanello; 356

56 MAXIMILIAN I OF GERMANY; Ambrogio da Predis; 359

57 CHARLES VIII OF FRANCE; anonymous bust; 360

58 POPE NICHOLAS V; medal by Guazzalotti; 362

59 GIROLAMO DONATO; anonymous relief; 365

60 GIOVANNI CALFURNIO; anonymous relief; 366

61 CONSALVO DE CORDOBA, “the Great Captain;” medal by 368 Annibal;

62 COSIMO DE’ MEDICI, “Pater Patriæ;” medal by 370 Niccolò Fiorentino;

63 BAJAZET II OF TURKEY; anonymous print; 372

64 ALFONSO I OF NAPLES; Pisanello; 375

65 CESARE BORGIA, Duke of Valentinois; Beccaruzzi 377 (?);

66 LUDOVICO SFORZA, Duke of Milan; Cristoforo Solari; 381

67 ANNE OF BRITTANY; medal by Jean Perreal; 393

68 MARGARITA OF AUSTRIA; anonymous; 395

69 BEATRICE OF ARAGON, Queen of Hungary; anonymous 397 bust;

70 ISABELLA OF ARAGON, Duchess of Milan; medal by 398 Giancristoforo Romano;

71 FEDERICO III OF NAPLES; anonymous medal; 400

72 ELEANORA OF ARAGON, Duchess of Ferrara; anonymous 402 relief;

73 GIANFRANCESCO GONZAGA, Marquess of Mantua; 409 Francesco Bonsignori (?);

74 HENRY VII OF ENGLAND; anonymous; 412

75 DON CARLOS, Prince of Spain; Bernhard Strigel (?); 414

76 REVERSE OF MEDAL ON TITLE-PAGE; End piece

INTERLOCUTORS

ELISABETTA GONZAGA, wife of Guidobaldo di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. Aged 46. EMILIA PIA, friend and companion of the Duchess, and widow of the Duke’s half-brother. Aged about 30. MARGARITA GONZAGA, young niece and companion of the Duchess. COSTANZA FREGOSA, young half-niece of the Duke. FRANCESCO MARIA DELLA ROVERE, nephew and adopted heir of the Duke. Aged 17. Count LUDOVICO DA CANOSSA, a kinsman of the author, afterwards made Bishop of Bayeux. aged 31. FEDERICO FREGOSO, half-nephew of the Duke, afterwards made a cardinal. Aged 27. GIULIANO DE’ MEDICI, an exile from Florence, known at Urbino as “My lord Magnifico,” and afterwards made Duke of Nemours. Aged 29. BERNARDO DOVIZI, better known as BIBBIENA, an adherent of the Medici, afterwards made a cardinal. Aged 37. OTTAVIANO FREGOSO, elder brother of Costanza and Federico, afterwards Doge of Genoa. PIETRO BEMBO, a Venetian scholar and poet, afterwards made a cardinal. Aged 37. CESARE GONZAGA, a kinsman of the Duchess, and cousin as well as close friend of the author. Aged about 32. BERNARDO ACCOLTI, better known as the UNICO ARETINO, a courtier-poet and popular extemporizer. Aged about 42. Count GASPAR PALLAVICINO. Aged 21. GIANCRISTOFORO ROMANO, a sculptor, medallist, etc. Aged about 42. COLLO VINCENZO CALMETA, a courtier-poet. LUDOVICO PIO, a brave young soldier, and kinsman of Emilia Pia. SIGISMONDO MORELLO DA ORTONA, an elderly courtier. Fra SERAFINO, a jester.

Time: March 1507.

Place: The Palace of Urbino.

FRANCESCO MARIA DELLA ROVERE. DUKE OF URBINO 1490-1538 ]