Gaspara Stampa was born in Padua in 1523 into a wealthy family of Milanese origin (her father was a goldsmith) that provided her, her sister Cassandra and her brother Baldassarre with a good intellectual education. She studied Latin and possibly also Greek, rhetoric and grammar, was educated in singing and could play the lute, proving to be a talented musician. After her father's death, she moved to Venice with her mother and siblings.She was a girl of rare beauty, innocent but full of light gaze, hair parted on her forehead, supple neck, perfect hands; elegant bearing.Her charm and wit made h
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