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The Hours of Giangaleazzo Visconti (Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale, Banco Rari 397 and Landau-Finaly 22) is a Roman-liturgy, illuminated Book of Hours in Latin, which was commissioned by the ruler of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, in Italy in the late 14th century. [1]
Bianca of Savoy. Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) [a] and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. [1] He was the founding patron of the Certosa di Pavia, completing the Visconti Castle at Pavia ...
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Apr 15, 2024 · Gian Galeazzo Visconti (born 1351, Milan—died Sept. 3, 1402, Melegnano, near Milan) was a Milanese leader who brought the Visconti dynasty to the height of its power and almost succeeded in becoming the ruler of all northern Italy.
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Jun 25, 2021 · This dissertation is an extended examination of the 14th-century portion of a Book of Hours (Florence, Bibl. naz., Banco Rari 397 and Landau-Finaly 22) commissioned by Giangaleazzo Visconti, lord of Milan from 1378 to 1402, and completed for his son, Filippo Maria, probably in the late 1420s.
Visconti Book of Hours. Giovanni Dei Grassi (ca 1395) Comissioned by Giangaleazzo Visconti. Illuminated Manuscript. The page from this manuscript I have chosen to research features a portrait of its commissioner from the first part of the book, Gian Galeazzo Visconti.
The Italian despot Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (1351-1402), succeeded in conquering most of northern Italy in his ambitious attempt to place the entire Italian peninsula under his control. Gian Galeazzo Visconti was born on Oct. 16, 1351.
