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Lucrezia Crivelli was a mistress of Ludovico Sforza "il Moro", Duke of Milan. She was the mother of Sforza's son, Giovanni Paolo I Sforza, Marquess of Caravaggio. Crivelli has been thought to be the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, La belle ferronnière.
Leonardo's portrait of Lucrezia Crivelli, known as La Belle Ferroniere. She was the second mistress of Ludovico Sforza, The Duke of Milan.
Later she was tentatively identified as Lucretia Crivelli, a married lady-in-waiting to Duchess Beatrice of Milan, who became another of the Duke's mistresses. [1] Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine has also been known by this name.
Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, who was for a long time believed to be the subject of a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, died on this day in 1508 in Canneto sull’Oglio in Lombardy.
Jun 2, 2019 · The lady was later identified, gaining some critical acclaim (though not unanimously), with Lucrezia Crivelli, Beatrice d’Este’s lady-in-waiting and mistress of Ludovico himself, who bore him a son in 1497.
La Belle (French for "the beautiful one") wears a ferronière, a narrow headband with a jewel attached to it, worn centrally on the forehead. The identity of La Belle is unclear, but the majority of art historians believe it to be a portrait of the Milanese court lady Lucrezia Crivelli.
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Lucrezia Crivelli was a clandestine wife of the Duke of Milan, Lodovico il Moro Sforza, who was executed by the French in 1500. She had three children, including Gian Paolo, who became a Margrave of Caravaggio and a Count of Galliate.
