Isotta Brembati (c. 1530 – February 24, 1586), also known as Isotta Brembati Grumelli, was an Italian poet and countess.

Biography

Born in

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

in 1530 to Isotta Ludovico and Lucas Brembati, Brembati was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian. Initially married to Count Lecio Secco d'Aragona di Calcio, she remarried to Gian Gerolamo Grumelli in 1561. Brembati and Grumelli gained significant local influence as a couple and were painted twice by Giovanni Battista Moroni.

Legacy

Brembati gained widespread acclaim for her poetry. After her death in 1586, a book of poems titled ''Rime funerali di diversi illustri ingegni composte in volgare et latina favella in morte della molto illustre signora Isotta Brembati-Grumelli'' was published to commemorate her.

References

16th-century Italian poets Italian women poets Writers from Bergamo 16th-century Italian women writers 1530 births 1586 deaths {{Italy-poet-stub