Their love letters were deemed "The prettiest love letters in the world" by the Romantic poet Lord Byron when he saw them in the Ambrosian Library of Milan on 15 October 1816.
Another description said, "her mouth is rather large, the teeth brilliantly white, her neck is slender and fair, and the bust is admirably proportioned." One painting, Portrait of a Youth by Dosso Dossi at the National Gallery of Victoria, was identified as a portrait of Lucrezia in November 2008.
The legend is revealed to be true as the main character accidentally casts one on himself while holding one of her rings and reading its inscription. She is played by Holliday Grainger in the 2011–2013 Showtime/Bravo TV series The Borgias, which explores a theme of incest with Cesare, despite lack of historical evidence for such events.
Gortner; released 9 February 2016 In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant; ; Virago Press 2017 The Pope’s Daughter by Dario Fo, translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar; .
Gortner; released 9 February 2016 In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant; ; Virago Press 2017 The Pope’s Daughter by Dario Fo, translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar; .
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