The Marriage Portrait
The Marriage PortraitMaggie O'Farrell
Characters in The Marriage Portrait
4 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Lucrezia de' Medici
The artistic, watchful Medici daughter married young to the Duke of Ferrara.
Antagonists
Alfonso II d'Este
The charming, coldly controlling Duke of Ferrara, Lucrezia's husband.
Supporting characters
Emilia
Lucrezia's maid at the Florentine palace and her "milk-sister," who travels with her to Ferrara after the marriage.