#the borgias paintings

[earlgodwin]

LUCREZIA BORGIA + loose hair 𓆩♡𓆪

[isabelle-primrose]

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI by Frank Cadogan Cowper circa 1910

[random-brushstrokes]

Frank Cadogan Cowper - Lucrezia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI (1908-14)

This is a re-creation of an obscure and scandalous incident from the history of the Popes. In 1501 the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia, took his place at a meeting. Frank Cowper has invented this suggestive moment in which two noblemen part Lucrezia’s dress so that a Francisan friar can kiss her shoe.The room in the Vatican in which Lucrezia Borgia appeared still exists. It was decorated by the Italian Renaissance artist Pinturrichio. Cowper went there to copy it and painted the faces of the Cardinals from their original portraits. (source)

[balkanparamo]

Lucretia (between 1525 and 1550)

By Lucas Cranach the Elder

[dyinggirldied]

Our brave, pretty ladies and their portraits

[salsedinepicta]

Some kind of "everything is the same but fashion is more XV-XVIth century inspired" AU - part 1/?

(a few elements are based on Landsknecht armors/clothing, because they were mercenaries too, you know? But I've been kind and made the palette less... Everything. You're welcome, Fenris.)

[aestermeadow]

"My tear runs red as my blood bleeds gold" Aesthera

[repressionrepresentation]

woof, i know the borgias was one of the more prestige-y series to come out from that time, but good grief, compared to the more expensive shows now you can actually see the budget put to good use on sceen. not only the gorgeous costumes where there is a lot of textual complexity with embroidery and different textiles, but everything is lit to show the actors well.

Also all the hair and wigs look good 😩

[vivikasweet]

I came to bring you a drawing, so you don't run out of it.

You don't know that I'm in love with Manwha/Webtoon and inspired by Pinterest boards are the protagonists that I love most in Manhwas, I've been showing Manhwa FLS on boards✨💕

The first one I'm going to post here that I made a while ago is Rudbackia Van Oferta✨💕

I hope you like it!✨💕

[luanna801]

Goth Renaissance Aesthetic (aka Hamletcore):

Portrait, possibly of Cesare Borgia, by Sebastiano del Piombo (1485–1547)

Death and the Maiden by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I (1517)

From the Braque Triptych by Rogier van der Weyden (c.1452)

Portrait of an Unknown Lady (possibly Mary I or Lady Jane Grey) by Hans Ewerth (c.1550s)

From the Carondelet Diptych by Jan Gossaert (1517)

The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein (1533)

One view of the finials of a chaplet (c.1530) from France or Southern Netherlands

Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) by an unknown artist

[threecrowscoffee]

[earlgodwin]

"And in the last talk the brothers will ever share, there’s not just a sense of building tension, but a sadness that this is what it’s come to. Juan’s speech of the “world of wonders” granted to him by opium not only speaks to physical pain, but the long-buried regret that he could never be the Borgia his father wanted him to be. It’s a pain Cesare understands and shares, but one he realizes his brother can never be cured of. Awash in a mix of motivations—revenge, jealousy, pity, duty—he buries his dagger deep into Juan’s abdomen, again and again and again. Cesare takes one of his brother’s arms, Micheletto takes the other, and Juan’s dying form is hoisted over the rail—looking almost Christ-like for a split second—to enter the literal dark void he saw in his visions, one more body consigned to the black embrace of the Tiber."

— The Borgias (2011-2013) — Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Salvador Dalí (1951)

[monstrousorchids]

A glass of wine with Caesar Borgia by John Collier, 1893 "The painting represents the popular view of the treacherous nature of the Borgias – the implication being that the young man cannot be sure that the wine is not poisoned."

[everkid13]

Vanity (1907) – Frank Cadogan Cowper

[thescummanifesto]

[dyinggirldied]

The inspirations and their characters