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Boninio de Campione sculpted the equestrian statue of Bernabò Visconti for the church of San Giovanni in Conca around 1363. Its positioning near the church’s main altar was regarded as highly problematic by contemporaries and it was commented on by poet and intellectual Petrarch among others.
The Ark of Bernabò Visconti has fortunately always been kept in confined or semi-confined environments, and this factor has preserved the precious decorative apparatus from degradation due to run-off and erosion.
The Sforza Castle Museum houses the funerary monuments of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Regina Della Scala, the statue of Saint John the Evangelist, and frescos discovered in the church during its demolition.
An equestrian statue of Bernabo Visconti, in armour, with a short beard, a circlet around his head and a plaque decorated with the Asclepian staff at his elbow, in profile to right with a baton in his right hand and the reins in the other; on a plaque with a small female sword bearer standing beside the horse. 1783 Etching
Equestrian statue of Bernabò Visconti in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan. In 1356, after having offended the emperor, he pushed back a first attack upon Milan by the imperial vicar Markward von Randeck, imprisoning him. In 1360 he was declared heretic by Innocent VI at Avignon and condemned by Emperor Charles IV.
This funeral monument of Bernabo Visconti was initially located in the San Giovanni in Conca church in Milan, from where it was then transported to be installed in the Sforza Castle Museum in 1900.
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English: The grave monument to Bernabò Visconti (1323-1385), Lord of Milan, was sculpted by Bonino da Campione (14th century). The monument comes from the now demolished church of San Giovanni in Conca (whose ruins are today in piazza Missori square) in Milano.
