Talk:Simonetta Vespucci

Untitled
I don't think she should be included in the House of Medici category; she was not married to any of them, she was only a lover of Giuliano Medici and even that can't be confirmed. – Alensha   talk  10:58, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Similar But Not the Same
The information provided about this woman in the article is scanty, but given the lack of reliable historical sources I think it would be irresponsible for wikpedia to say more than it does. As for the portraits, am I alone in noting that the most famous is also the most distinctive in showing personality? The one attributed to Boticelli--and clearly the use of color and mid-range acuity strongly suggest his touch--is the only one that really looks like a portrait to me. The others seem derivative. If any of these paintings show the real Simonetta, it is this one. And I can certainly understand the fascination she engendered not only then, but now, more than five hundred years later. Even today she is extraordinarily beautiful.

71.205.16.37 (talk) 15:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)Ashen-Shugar 1/11/09

Piero De Coslmo
I don't think the lengthy discussion of identity of the woman in the Piero De Cosimo portrait (incidentally one of my favorite paintings) belongs in the opening paragraph. It is far too detailed and none of the more relevant facts about her life were detailed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.201.149 (talk) 04:36, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree that this section of the introduction may be better placed elsewhere. I added this section months ago, and at the same time moved the related painting to the bottom of the page with the other paintings, after becoming aware that there is no scholarly consensus that this painting actually portrays Simonetta Vespucci. I will move this section of text to the bottom of the page as well. Any sourced biographical information you can add to the introductory section of the article will be greatly appreciated.Ctconnolly (talk) 14:18, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm confused about this; the painting on this page that says "by Piero de Cosimo" is also on the Botticelli page as one of his paintings. Who actually painted it?2601:600:8E00:D30:61EE:7897:ACF3:6AD8 (talk) 17:40, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

She was renowned for being the greatest beauty of her age—certainly of the city of Florence.
So she was definitely the most beautiful woman in Florence, and many people (identities unstated) also believed her to be the most beautiful in the world at the time. Is all that really an objective fact?!