Lucrezia Donati
Italian noblewoman and mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici
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Key Takeaways
- Lucrezia Donati (Florence, Italy, 1447–1501) was an Italian noblewoman, and mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici.
- Also Sandro Botticelli's painting Fortitude would be another representation of her.
- From 1461 she was the mistress of Lorenzo il Magnifico, a platonic love affair, until Lorenzo later married the Italian noble Clarice Orsini in 1469.
- Lucrezia married the Florentian businessman Niccolò Ardighelli, who died in exile in 1496.
- Alessandra Mastronardi played Lucrezia in Medici: The Magnificent .
Lucrezia Donati (Florence, Italy, 1447–1501) was an Italian noblewoman, and mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici.
The identity of the woman in the sculpture Dama col mazzolino, at Bargello Museum in Florence has been attributed by some to Lucrezia Donati. Also Sandro Botticelli's painting Fortitude would be another representation of her.
Biography
Lucrezia was the daughter of Manno Donati and Caterina Bardi, a Florentine dame who belonged to a family tree of which she became the last descendant.
From 1461 she was the mistress of Lorenzo il Magnifico, a platonic love affair, until Lorenzo later married the Italian noble Clarice Orsini in 1469. In 1486 Lorenzo remembered the poems he had written for her when he was 16 in the poem Corinto.
Lucrezia married the Florentian businessman Niccolò Ardighelli, who died in exile in 1496.
Popular culture
The actress Laura Haddock starred as Lucrezia Donati in the television series Da Vinci's Demons. Alessandra Mastronardi played Lucrezia in Medici: The Magnificent.
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