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I. Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Lucrezias father. Detail from a fresco by Pinturicchio in the Borgia Apartments in the Vatican painted shortly after Rodrigos accession to the papacy in 1492.

2. Vannozza Cattenai, Lucrezias mother. Also known as Giovanna deCattaneis. The beauty which fascinated Lucrezias father is hardly evident in this portrait, executed in her later years by an unknown artist.

3. Subiaco. The Rocca, or stronghold, traditionally Lucrezias birthplace, still dominates this small town in the hills south-east of Rome.

4. Lucrezia Borgia. Traditionally held to be a portrait of the teenage Lucrezia depicted as St Catherine in the fresco The Disputation of Saint Catherine by Pinturicchio in the Sala dei Santi in the Borgia Apartments in the Vatican, 11492 4.

5. Cesare Borgia. Always almost certainly correctly held to be a portrait of the dangerous il Valentino at the height of his power. By Altobello Melone.

6. Sancia dAragona and Jofre Borgia, depicted at the time of their wedding in Naples in May 1494. Sancia, wearing a coronet, rides in front of her natural father, King Alfonso II. She is immediately preceded by Jofre, recently created Prince of Squillace.

7. Juan Borgia, Second Duke of Gandia. Detail from The Disputation of Saint Catherine. Juans arrogance and his fondness for exotic clothes emerge in this depiction painted presumably before his departure for Spain in August 1493 to marry Maria Enriques.

8. Giulia Farnese, known as Giulia la Bella, Alexander VIs teenage mistress and the wife of Orsino Orsini. Her brother Alessandro Farnese, created cardinal by Alexander, later became Pope Paul III. Detail from The Transfiguration by Raphael painted c. 1519 20 and therefore years after the events described in this book.

9. Giovanni Sforza, Count of Pesaro. Lucrezias first husband whom she divorced on the grounds of non-consummation.

10. Alfonso dAragona, First Duke of Bisceglie, natural son of Alfonso II and brother of Sancia. Lucrezias second husband. The upper illustration shows him riding behind the musicians, wearing a dark cloak and escorting the Spanish general Gonsalvo de Cordoba (centre) into Naples after the defeat of the French at Ostia. In the lower illustration he is in the foreground riding into Naples in May 1497.

11. Ercole I dEste, Third Duke of Ferrara, Lucrezias father-in-law by her third marriage to Alfonso dEste, heir to the dukedom. By Dosso Dossi.

12. Ferrara: Castello Estense, also known as the Castel or Castello Vecchio, the moated castle in which Lucrezia spent most of her married life in Ferrara. She occupied rooms in the Torre Marchesana, on the right, connected to Alfonsos celebrated Camerini in the ravelin on the extreme right of the picture. In Lucrezias day the space immediately to the north of the castle, now occupied by relatively modern buildings, was a huge garden and beyond it stretched Ercoles new quarter of Ferrara.

13. Alfonso I dEste, Fourth Duke of Ferrara, Lucrezias last husband. He is shown, typically in armour against a battle scene. His military skills, particularly in the field of artillery saved Ferrara. By Dosso Dossi.

14. Ippolito dEste. The cleverest and most ruthless of Alfonsos brothers, a cardinal who liked nothing better than to wear armour and fight his brothers enemies.

15. Courtly pastimes. Ladies embroidering, weaving and gossiping. One of a series of fifteenth-century frescoes of The Months by Francesco del Cossa and others.

16. Ferrara as it looked at the time of Lucrezias arrival in 1502. The River Po is in the foreground. The Palazzo del Corte is on the left of the broad street in the centre of the picture with, beyond it, the four towers of the Castel. Opposite the Corte is the Duomo. Late fifteenth-century woodcut.

17. Left: Isabella dEste, Marchioness of Mantua. Alfonsos only legitimate sister and the wife of Lucrezias lover, Francesco Gonzaga. Famous for her culture and patronage of the arts, sycophantic admirers called her the first lady of the world. By Leonardo da Vinci.

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