Vittoria Colonna — poet and religious reformer
- Creator(s):
- Colonna, Vittoria
- Title:
- Tutte le rime della illustriss. et eccellentiss. signora Vittoria Colonna, marchesana di Pescara: con l'esposition del signor Rinaldo Corso, nuouamente mandate in luce da Girolamo Ruscelli
- Publication/Origin:
- Venice: Giovan Battista et Melchior Sessa, 1558
- Description:
- A member of a powerful Roman family, poet Vittoria Colonna was widowed, wealthy, famous, and childless. Though thirteen editions of her Rime were published before her death, much of her verse circulated in scribal copies. Her published prose reflects her interest in religious reform, an interest that led to her being investigated during the Inquisition. An impeccable stylist with elegant taste, she commissioned a manuscript of her sonnets, now in the Vatican Library, as a gift for her close friend Michelangelo. This edition of her poetry also contains two poems by Veronica Gambara.
- Citation:
- Colonna, Vittoria, Tutte le rime della illustriss. et eccellentiss. signora Vittoria Colonna, marchesana di Pescara: con l'esposition del signor Rinaldo Corso, nuouamente mandate in luce da Girolamo Ruscelli, Venice: Giovan Battista et Melchior Sessa, 1558, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 19, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/3955