| Isotta Brembati | |
|---|---|
 Brembati painted by Giovanni Battista Moroni, circa 1560. | |
| Born | 1530 Bergamo, Italy |
| Died | February 24, 1586 Bergamo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
Isotta Brembati (c. 1530 – February 24, 1586), also known as Isotta Brembati Grumelli, was an Italian poet and countess.
Biography
Born in Bergamo in 1530 to Isotta Ludovico and Lucas Brembati, Brembati was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian. Initially married to Count Lecio Secco d'Aragona di Castro, she remarried to Gian Gerolamo Grumelli in 1561. Brembati and Grumelli gained significant local influence as a couple and were painted twice by Giovanni Battista Moroni.
Legacy
Brembati gained widespread acclaim for her poetry. After her death in 1586, a book of poems titled Rime funerali di diversi illustri ingegni composte in volgare et latina favella in morte della molto illustre signora Isotta Brembati-Grumelli was published to commemorate her.
References
- Cox, Virginia (2008). Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650. JHU Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0801888199.
- Stevenson, Jane (2005). Women Latin Poets: Language, Gender, and Authority, from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 163. ISBN 0198185022.
- ^ Chaudon, Louis Mayeul (1810). Dictionnaire universel, historique, critique, et bibliographique; ou, Histoire abrégée et impartiale des hommes de toutes les nations qui se sont rendus célèbres, illustres ou fameux ... depuis la plus haute antiquité jusquʹa nos jours: avec les dieux et les héros des abbés Brotier et Mercier de Saint-Leger, etc., etc, Volumes 3-4. Mame frères. pp. 270–271.
- Mansueto, Donato; Calogero, Elena Laura (2007). The Italian Emblem: A Collection of Essays. Librairie Droz. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0852618325.
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