Portrait of Clelia Farnese, Jacopo Zucchi (1570)
An elaborate hairstyle adorned with flowers, a lace ruff and a necklace with family crests are the attributes used by Jacopo Zucchi to depict Clelia Farnese. Illegitimate daughter of Cardinal Alessandro, one of the most influential exponents of the Roman Curia, the young woman has always lived at the center of the lively social life of the city, made up of feasts and banquets.
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