Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci
While portraying Cleopatra with an asp around her neck
Piero di Cosimo
Italy
1480
Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci, nicknamed "La Bella Simonetta" (1453–26 April 1476) was the Genoese wife of the Italian nobleman Marco Vespucci of Florence as well as the alleged mistress of Giuliano de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent's younger brother). She was renowned for being the greatest beauty of her age in Florence. Countless poems and canvasses by many artists were made in her honor
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