A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Ammanati, Laura Battiferri

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AMMANATI, LAURA BATTIFERRI,

Wife of Bartholemew Ammanati, a Florentine sculptor and arcbitect, was daughter of John Anthony Battiferri, and born at Urbino, in 1513. She became celebrated for her genius and learning, Her poems are highly esteemed. She was one of the members of the Introvati Academy at Sienna; and died at Florence, in 1589, aged seventy-six. She is considered one of the best Italian poets of the sixteenth century.