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It is believed that this is - Simonetta Cattaneo, who was born in 1453, a woman who was a favorite model for Botticelli.
A "Birth of Venus" the artist wrote after the death of Simonetta.
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Simonetta Cattaneo, Vespucci in marriage, the wife of Pietro Vespucci, a Florentine diplomat and nephew of explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who gave his name to a rather important continent, was born in Genoa. In Florence, where she arrived after her marriage, she was called "unparalleled"
Both brothers' Medici, Lorenzo and Giuliano, sought her, she chose the younger - Giuliano and became his mistress.
That's "Venus and Mars" and a portrait of Giuliano de 'Medici of Botticelli. It is believed that the models for the first picture served Simonetta and Giuliano.