Giulia di Alessandro de' Medici

She has become somewhat famous for a portrait by Pontormo whish shows Maria Salviati and a child; some scholars think that the child is Cosimo I de' Medici, but it is now generally accepted to be Giulia.

Together with her brother, Giulio, their descendants include most of the royal houses of Europe.

External links

• Alessandro de Medici PBS online page discussing her father's ancestry, and her heirs; be careful, though, as it contains at least one known error
• An Overlooked Color In a Medici Portrait? An article in the Washington Post discussing her possible portrait by Pontormo

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