Isotta Brembati (c. 1530 – February 24, 1586), also known as Isotta Brembati Grumelli, was an Italian poet and countess.
Isotta Brembati | |
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 Brembati painted by Giovanni Battista Moroni, circa 1560. | |
| Born | 1530 Bergamo, Italy |
| Died | February 24, 1586 Bergamo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
Biography
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Born in Bergamo in 1530[1] to Isotta Ludovico and Lucas Brembati,[2] Brembati was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian.[3] Initially married to Count Lecio Secco d'Aragona di Castro, she remarried to Gian Gerolamo Grumelli in 1561. Brembati and Grumelli gained significant local influence as a couple and were painted twice by Giovanni Battista Moroni.[4]
Legacy
editBrembati gained widespread acclaim for her poetry. After her death in 1586, a book of poems titled Rime funerali di diversi illustri ingegni composte in volgare et latina favella in morte della molto illustre signora Isotta Brembati-Grumelli was published to commemorate her.[3]
References
edit- ^ Cox, Virginia (2008). Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650. JHU Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0801888199.
- ^ Stevenson, Jane (2005). Women Latin Poets: Language, Gender, and Authority, from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 163. ISBN 0198185022.
- ^ a b Chaudon, Louis Mayeul (1810). Dictionnaire universel, historique, critique, et bibliographique; ou, Histoire abrégée et impartiale des hommes de toutes les nations qui se sont rendus célèbres, illustres ou fameux ... depuis la plus haute antiquité jusquʹa nos jours: avec les dieux et les héros des abbés Brotier et Mercier de Saint-Leger, etc., etc, Volumes 3-4. Mame frères. pp. 270–271.
- ^ Mansueto, Donato; Calogero, Elena Laura (2007). The Italian Emblem: A Collection of Essays. Librairie Droz. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0852618325.
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