# Portrait of Bianca Cappello

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MACCHIETTI, Girolamo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/macchietti-girolamo-r2b618127d92d0e>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel, 99 x 73 cm

## Commentary

Bianca Cappello \(1548-1587\) was the first lover and then second wife of Francesco I de&#39; Medici. She died only one day after the death of Francesco I, both from a malarial fever they had contracted together.

## Related artworks

- [Baths at Pozzuoli](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/macchietti-girolamo-r2b618127d92d0e/baths-at-pozzuoli-re9b55e81b36255>)

## Attribution

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