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Muzio Attendolo Sforza (28 May 1369 – 4 January 1424), was an Italian condottiero. Founder of the Sforza dynasty, he led a Bolognese-Florentine army at the Battle of Casalecchio . He was the father of Francesco Sforza, who ruled Milan for 16 years. Biography.
One of the most famous paintings in the world, the Last Supper was commissioned by Ludovico Sforza, duke of Milan and Leonardo’s patron during his first stay in that city, for the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
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Italian Painter, Designer, Sculptor, Inventor, Scientist, Architect, and Engineer. Born: April 15, 1452 - Anchiano, Tuscany. Died: May 2, 1519 - Clos Lucé, Amboise. High Renaissance. Renaissance Humanism. Chiaroscuro, Tenebrism, and Sfumato. "I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have." 1 of 7.
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Apr 16, 2010 · Discover Leonardo's Horse - Il Cavallo dello Sforza in Milan, Italy: Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.
Francesco's coat of arms encircled with the garter. Francesco I Sforza KG ( Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈpriːmo ˈsfɔrtsa]; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death.
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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
Apr 8, 2024 · Muzio Attendolo Sforza (born May 8, 1369, Cotignola [Italy]—died Jan. 4, 1424, Pescara) was a soldier of fortune who played an important role in the wars of his period and whose son Francesco became duke of Milan.
