Isabella d'Este. La donna del mondo prima. The Capigliari headdress.

Isabella d’Este. La donna del mondo prima. The Capigliari headdress.

Isabella d'Este, Titian, Renaissance, balzo, portrait, fashion

Isabella d’Este (b. 1474, Ferrara, Italy; d.1539 Romagna, Italy), Marchioness of Mantua, known as “The First Lady of the Renaissance.” Portrait by Titian with a balzo, the famous Capigliari headdress.