Acknowledgements

The author owes a great debt of gratitude to Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien for the rendition of the portrait of Pescara as Victor of Pavia from the portrait collection of the Archduke of Tirol, oil on paper, KHM Wien, picture gallery, Inv.-Nr 5286, F78.

The photographic rendition of Michelangelo’s gift drawings for Vittoria Colonna was also granted by courtesy of the British Museum London, and by courtesy of Accademia in Venice su concessione del Minstero per I Beni Culturali.

The author owes special thanks to Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, as trustee, for the written concession of using Michelangelo’s most appealing portrait – drawing of Vittoria Colonna, whose identity was secured thanks to the exact description of her physiognomy by Paolo Giovio in his dialogues, as cover-image of her books about Vittoria Colonna.

Regensburg, 10th October, 2023
Dr. Maria Musiol