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Federico II of Gonzaga (17 May 1500 – 28 August 1540) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (first as Marquis, later as Duke) from 1519 until his death. He was also Marquis of Montferrat from 1536.
In Gonzaga Dynasty. …was succeeded by his son Federigo II (d. 1540), captain general of the papal forces. After the Peace of Cambrai (1529) Federigo II’s ally and protector, the emperor Charles V, raised his title to that of duke of Mantua in 1530. It was during Federigo II’s reign that the court….
May 17, 2018 · Federico Gonzaga, who became the ruler of Mantua and Montferrat, was born on this day in 1500 in Mantua. He spent his childhood living as a political hostage, first at the court of Pope Julius II in Rome and then at the court of Francis I of France.
Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga (c. 1529) is a painting by Titian, who signed it Ticianus f.. Today in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, it portrays Federico II, Duke of Mantua who married in 1529; the portrait may have been commissioned for the occasion.
On 16 April 1529 Federico II Gonzaga, First Duke of Mantua (1500-1540), apologised to his uncle Alfonso d’Este for retaining Titian: perché ha conienzo un retratto mio qual molto desidero sii finito (because he has started a portrait of me which I greatly desire to be finished).
Federico II of Gonzaga (17 May 1500 – 28 August 1540) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (first as Marquis, later as Duke) from 1519 until his death. He was also Marquis of Montferrat from 1536. Biography. Portrait of Federico II (age 10) soon after becoming a hostage, by Francesco Francia.
This portrait dates to 1510 and depicts ten-year-old Federico II Gonzaga (1500–1540), future Duke of Mantua and son of the great Renaissance patron and collector Isabella d’Este (1474–1539).
