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Big brother This painting by Altobello Melone, titled “Portrait of a Gentleman,” is accepted by many historians as a depiction of Cesare Borgia. It was painted in circa 1513, six years after ...

F or years, a rumor circulated online that Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the most renowned artists of the Renaissance, painted an image of Jesus based on his alleged lover, Tommaso de' Cavalieri ...

Snopes has previously debunked a similar claim that the modern image of Jesus is modeled on Cesare Borgia, who some allege was Leonardo da Vinci's "gay lover." Sources Abrahams, Simon.

Cesare Borgia, the ruthless son of Pope Alexander VI and commander of the papal troops, was planning a campaign to bring Romagna, an unruly territory east of Florence, under his control.

In 1499, the great Sforza court of Milan, where Leonardo had risen to fame as a portrait painter and engineer, had been overrun by the French, before being occupied by the marauding army of Pope ...

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He must negotiate with the rampaging warlord Cesare Borgia. The mission belongs to history, but, around and between the known facts, Mr. Bernini spins captivating fiction. 14 Books We Read This Week ...