Focus on Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga and explain the Description.
The woman portrayed is Elisabetta Gonzaga, wife of Duke Guidobaldo I of Urbino (the portrait is now exhibited at the Uffizi next to the latter's) and a woman of literary and artistic interests. Details include the black dress with applied trim in a patchwork pattern, and the scorpion-like ferronière on the woman's forehead. Her hairdo includes the coazzone, a long plait which is present also in a medal of her now at the British Museum.
latter's ferronière Uffizi Guidobaldo I Urbino Elisabetta Gonzaga Elisabetta British Museum scorpion