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The artist was the court painter of the Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza; the model of the portrait takes its inspiration from ancient coins and medals, following the stylistic canons of 15th-century Lombardy. This work, along with the previous one, was originally placed on the Altar of San Giuseppe in Milan's Duomo.
Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (attr.), 1474-76, Castello Sforzesco, Milan. Zanetto Bugatto (1493 in Milan – ~1476 in Pavia or Milan), also known as Zanetto Bugatti, was one of the most well-documented court portraitists of the 1400s. A key painter of the Lombardy region, Bugatto worked for 15 years for the first two Sforza Dukes of Milan ...
In Sforza Family. Francesco’s eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), succeeded his father in 1466. Though traditionally characterized as despotic, extravagant, and dissolute, Galeazzo Maria was apparently a capable ruler who took an active interest in agriculture, constructed canals for irrigation and transportation, introduced the cultivation of rice, and encouraged commerce,…
May 4, 2020 · Accordingly, when Galeazzo Maria Sforza wrote to his parents concerning the newly constructed Medici palazzo, the praise levelled at the Cosimo “il Vecchio” de’ Medici’s new home may well have been a veritable recollection of youth. However, it was also perhaps a politely diplomatic response that reflected the extent of the Sforza’s ...
Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza c. 1471 Tempera on panel, 65 x 42 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence: Piero Pollaiuolo painted the portrait from the design of his brother, Antonio on the occasion of the visit of Sforza to Florence. The identity of the person portrayed is beyond any doubt since there exists a copy of the work bearing Sforza's ...
Mar 15, 2019 · Love child. Caterina was born in 1463 in Milan, an illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, who, later in her childhood, would become Duke of Milan. Despite her illegitimacy, she was ...
Galeazzo Maria Sforza recommended him to the court in Ferrara as “a suitable and respectable kind of person and also because he is good at his craft.” 3 The correspondence between the Este and Sforza was not only a recommendation. Court artists were not free agents, and arrangements had to be made with their employers if they were to work ...
