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'''Patrizio''' (died 1506) was a [[Rome|Roman]] noble who lived in a palazzo in the [[Vaticano district]] of Rome, just north-east of the | '''Patrizio''' (died 1506) was a [[Rome|Roman]] noble who lived in a palazzo in the [[Vaticano district]] of Rome, just north-east of the piazza leading to the [[Basilica di San Pietro]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 21:47, 20 March 2011
Patrizio (died 1506) was a Roman noble who lived in a palazzo in the Vaticano district of Rome, just north-east of the piazza leading to the Basilica di San Pietro.
History
At some point between 1497 and 1506, he was in a relationship with Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI. When the Pope died on August 18th 1503, Lucrezia left Rome to live with her new lover, Alfonso I d'Este, in Ferrara. Some time prior, she gave Patrizio a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci to remember their love.
In 1506, Patrizio was visited in his palazzo's courtyard by Ercole Massimo, leader of the Hermeticists, to discuss the purchase of this portrait. However, Patrizio was angered at how Lucrezia had seduced him into loving her before abandoning him, and decided that the portrait did not deserve to belong to anyone. As he threw it on the ground and prepared to destroy it, Ercole intervened and had one of his Hermeticists stab Patrizio in the back to stop him. The noble died from the wound, and the painting was taken from him.
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