Camilla Gonzaga, daughter of Giovanni Gonzaga and cousin of Federigo II of Mantua, married Pier Maria de Rossi in 1523, with whom she had nine children. The children depicted in the present work are presumably the three eldest:Troilo, the eldest, who succeeded his father, standing next to the youngest of the three, Sigismondo, with Ippolito, the second eldest, on the other side. This is thought to