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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 ...
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 ...
Oct 19, 2014 · Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. Summary [edit]. Piero del Pollaiuolo: Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza ; Artist
Ambitious, extravagant, progressive, and sexually notorious, Galeazzo Maria Sforza inherited the ducal throne of Milan in 1466, at the age of twenty-two. Although his reign ended tragically only ten years later, the young prince's court was a dynamic community where arts, policy making, and the panoply of state were integrated with the rhythms and preoccupations of daily life.
Portrait by Piero del Pollaiolo. Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza Q3937539)
<br/>This study for the unrealized bronze equestrian monument to the Milanese duke Francesco Sforza -- one of the most ambitious sculptural monuments of the Renaissance – was made by the Florentine master Antonio Pollaiuolo, probably before the celebrated commission was awarded to Leonardo da Vinci in the mid-1480s
