Women, Art and Architectural Patronage in Renaissance Mantua : Matrons, Mystics and Monasteries (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: saints and the city; Popular devotion: Isabella d'Este, the Beata Osanna Andreasi and depictions of female sanctity in Mantua; Friendship and devotion: Margherita Cantelma and Isabella d'Este; Partners in piety: Margherita Cantelma, Isabella d'Este and the monastery of Santa Maria della Presentatzione in Tempio in Mantua; Daughters of devotion: Suor Ippolita Gonzaga and Suor Paola Gonzaga in Mantua; Gonzaga family piety and sisterly affection: Margherita Paleologa, first Duchess of Mantua; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.