Background
She was the second daughter of Giacomo Boschetti, a courtier and soldier in the Gonzaga court who fought at Fornovo. Her mother was a sister of Baldassarre Castiglione.
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Isabella Boschetti
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She was nicknamed "Louisiana bella Boschetta" (the beautiful Boschetta). In 1542 she remarried to count Filippo Tornielli. Federico built the Palazzo Te for Isabella from 1525 onwards, where she entertained and received famous guests.
The couple had two children, Alessandro (1520–1580), who became State Councillor of the Duchy of Mantua and served in the Spanish army in Flanders during the Dutch Revolt, and Emilia (1517–1573) who married Carlo Gonzaga (1523–1555) signore di Gazzuolo, with whom she had ten children.
In 1531 Federico commissioned Correggio"s Danaë, apparently intended for the Sala di Ovidio di Palazzo Te, intended for Isabella. Her year of death is unknown.
