GHERARDO DI GIOVANNI DEL FORA
(b. ca. 1445, Firenze, d. 1497, Firenze)

Manuscript with Poems by Lucrezia Tornabuoni

after 1469
Illumination on parchment, 221 x 143 mm
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence

This codex is considered the basic textual source for editions of the literary works by Lucrezia Tornabuoni, wife of Piero di Cosimo from 1444 and mother of Lorenzo the magnificent. The illuminations are attributed to Gherardo di Giovanni.