Elena Barozzi

Elena's reputation for her elegance is praised by the poets and painters of her century.

[2] The poet Lelio Capilupi dedicated the ballad to her Ne l'amar e fredd'onde si bagna.

[3] The poet Fortunio Spira comparing it to the beauties of classical antiquity,[4] also the writer Lodovico Domenichi describes her as Greek for beauty and Roman for personality likes Lucretia.

[5] Elena Barozzi, for her fine intellectuality was admired and courted by the finest men of her time.

She had a relationship and a daughter with Lorenzino de' Medici, the daughter named Lorenzina born in 1547, future wife of Giulio Colonna.