Person

Name: Piccarda Donati

Nature: historical

(Ecclesiastical)

Gender: female

Description: Sister of Forese and Corso Donati. Piccarda became a nun around 1212. Between 1283-88, Corso abducted her and forced her to marry Rossellino della Tosa so that the family might effect an advantageous political alliance.

Associated Location: Firenze

Images:

Botticelli, Sandro

Botticelli, Souls in first sphere

Doré, Gustave

Doré, Piccarda

Giovanni di Paolo

Yates Thompson 36, Piccarda

Vellutello, Alessandro (commissioner)

Vellutello, Heaven of Moon