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Cristoforo de Predis at the Sforza Court
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 206–11
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Author:
Schrader, Jeffrey (Schrader, Jeffrey)
Subjects
artists:
Predis, Cristoforo de / Pedius, Quintus
dates:
1470-1479
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1444-1476
sources:
Pliny, the Elder, 23-79 AD
subjects:
Illuminators / Illuminated manuscripts / Inscriptions / Italian art / Renaissance art / Sforza family / Courts (social groups) / Disabled / Miniaturists
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Marriage of the Virgin, from the Borromeo Book of Hours, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1478 or 1486. Gouache on vellum, 10.3 by 7.6 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, S.P.42, fol.15v; Mondadori Portfolio; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Initial ‘A’ with Galeazzo Maria Sforza in prayer, by Cristoforo de Predis. Probably 1477. Gouache on vellum, 22.4 by 18.9 cm. (Wallace Collection, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Arms and imprese of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, from the Book of Gioacchino and Anna, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1476. Gouache on parchment, 27.3 by 19.1 cm. (Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Codice Varia 124, fol.2v; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. St Martin with the poor and Annunciation, from the Ingressarium of Fabrizio Marliani, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1476. Illumination on parchment, 57.2 by 41.2 cm. (Museo Baroffio e del Santuario del Sacro Monte sopra Varese, inv.1000, fol.1r).
Attributed works:
5. Melanthus Cycionius, Apelles, Protogenes Caunius, Quintus Pedius, Praxiteles Graecus, Mecenas, by Joachim von Sandrart. 1683. Engraving. (From J. von Sandrart and P. Killian: L’Academia todesca della architectura, scultura & pittura, oder, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Nuremberg 1683, second part, first book, plate E; New York Public Library).
Attributed works:
6. Details of Figs.4, 3, 2 and 1, showing the various signatures of Cristoforo de Predis.
Exhibition Review
Lombard art under the Visconti and Sforza
07/2015 | 1348 | 157
Pages: 502-504
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Reviewer:
Mazzotta, Antonio (Mazzotta, Antonio)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
patrons:
Visconti family / Sforza family
places:
Milan / Italy
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Lombard (Italian) / Italian painting / Italian sculpture / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
73. Virgin and Child ('Madonna Litta'), by Bonino da Campione. c.1370-80 (Ospedale Maggiore, Milan; on deposit at the Museo d'Arte Antica del Castello Sforzesco; exh. Palazzo Reale, Milan)
Attributed works:
74. Marriage of the Virgin, by Michelino da Besozzo. c.1430 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Palazzo Reale, Milan)
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75. St Christopher, by the 'Maestro della Madonna Cagnola', c.1470-75 (Private collection; exh. Palazzo Reale, Milan)
Exhibition Review
Gold from the Visconti to the Sforza. Milan
01/2012 | 1306 | 154
Pages: 60-61
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Reviewer:
Davies, Glyn (Davies, Glyn)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1300-1499
museums and institutions:
Museo Diocesano, Milan, Italy
patrons:
Sforza family / Visconti family
places:
Italy / Milan
print:
Gold
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Gold / Jewellery / Art objects / Metalwork / Silverwork / Patronage / Italian / Milanese / Enamels
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Oro dai Visconti agli Sforza. Smalti e oreficeria nel Ducato di Milano | institution: Museo Diocesano
Illustrations
Attributed works:
79. God the Father, by Beltramino de Zuttis da Rho. Milan, 1416–25. Copper gilt, embossed and chased, 120 by 90 by 70 cm. (Museo del Duomo, Milan; exh. Museo Diocesano, Milan).
Western art unattributed:
80. Circular medallion depicting the Passion of Christ. Milan, 1475–1500. Silver-gilt, enamel and mother of pearl, 13 cm. high.(Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan, Madrid; exh. Museo Diocesano, Milan).
Western art unattributed:
81. Brooch depicting a woman. Given here as Lombard, c.1400. Gold, enamel and pearls, 8.5 cm. diameter. (Münsterschatzkammer, Essen; exh. Museo Diocesano, Milan).
Publication Received
Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances: Gender, Art and Culture in Early Modern Italy
12/2011 | 1305 | 153
Pages: 832
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Reviewer:
Bercusson, Sarah (Bercusson, Sarah)
Subjects
dates:
1460-1469 / 1470-1479 / 1480-1489 / 1490-1499 / 1490-1519
patrons:
Sforza, Caterina, Duchess of Imola & Forlí, 1463-1509
patrons:
Sforza family
print:
Sforza, Caterina, Duchess of Imola & Forlí, 1463-1509
subjects:
Biographies / Patronage / Commissions / Cultural history / Culture / Italian
subjects:
Patrons / Women
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caterina Sforza and the Art of Appearances: Gender, Art and Culture in Early Modern Italy | author: Vries, Joyce de
Book Review
Seta Oro Cremisi: Segreti e tecnologia alla corte dei Visconti e degli Sforza
11/2010 | 1292 | 152
Pages: 747-748
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Reviewer:
Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
Subjects
dates:
1390-1399 / 1400-1549
museums and institutions:
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy
patrons:
Visconti, Filippo Maria / Sforza family / Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1452-1508 / Beatrice d'Este / Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1444-1476
places:
Milan / Italy
print:
Textiles
print:
Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1452-1508
print:
Visconti, Filippo Maria
subjects:
Textiles / Exhibition catalogues / Embroidery / Silks / Patronage / Velvets / Brocade / Cloth / Attribution
subjects:
Italian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Seta Oro Cremisi: Segreti e tecnologia alla corte dei Visconti e degli Sforza | editor: Buss, Chiara
Book Review
Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan
07/1997 | 1132 | 139
Pages: 480
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Reviewer:
Clarke, Georgia (Clarke, Georgia)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1599
patrons:
Sforza family / Visconti family
places:
Italy / Milan
subjects:
Renaissance / Patronage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan | author: Welch, Evelyn S.
Publication Received
Leonardo da Vinci's Sforza Monument Horse. The Art and the Engineering
10/1996 | 1123 | 138
Pages: 699
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Reviewer:
Boström, Antonia (Boström, Antonia)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
dates:
1500-1519
patrons:
Sforza family
places:
Italy / Milan
subjects:
Sculpture / Italian / Patronage / Renaissance
subjects:
Bronzes / Techniques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Leonardo da Vinci's Sforza Monument Horse. The Art and the Engineering | author: Ahl, Diane Cole
Article
Zanetto Bugatto, Court Portraitist in Sforza Milan
05/1996 | 1118 | 138
Pages: 300-308
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Author:
Syson, Luke (Syson, Luke)
Subjects
artists:
Bugatto, Zanetto
dates:
1400-1499
patrons:
Sforza family
places:
Italy / Milan
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Medals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Obverse of the Ducat Coin of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Designed by Zanetto Bugatto. 1467. Struck Gold, 2.2 cm. diam. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. St Catherine of Alexandria in a Landscape, Attributed to Rogier van der Weyden. Panel, 18.5 by 12 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
2. Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Attributed to Zanetto Bugatto. Panel, 48 by 43 cm. (Castello Sforzesco, Milan).
Attributed works:
3. Galeazzo Maria Sforza, by Agostino Carracci. Engraving from Antonio Campi: Cremona Fedelissima, Cremona [1583].
Attributed works:
4. Bianca Maria Visconti, by Agostino Carracci. Engraving from Antonio Campi: Cremona Fedelissima, Cremona [1583].
Attributed works:
5. Bianca Maria Visconti (Detail), by Bonifacio Bembo. Fresco. (S. Agostino, Cremona).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Galeazzo Maria Sforza and Bona of Savoy Making an Offering to the Virgin at the Ospedale Maggiore, by or after Francesco da Vico. 295 by 236 cm. (Whole) (Quadreria dell'Ospedale Maggiore, Milan).
Attributed works:
8. Bona of Savoy, by Agostino Carracci. Engraving from Antonio Campi: Cremona Fedelissima, Cremona [1583].
Attributed works:
9. Bona of Savoy and a Female Martyr Saint (St Bonne of Rheims?), Here Attributed to Zanetto Bugatto. Canvas, Transferred from Panel, 90 by 56 cm. (Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Milan).
Western art unattributed:
6. Galeazzo Maria Sforza and Bona of Savoy. Lombard, Sixteenth Century. (Formerly Gatti Collection, Now Castello Sforzesco, Milan).
Exhibition Review
The Sforza Court. New Haven
04/1989 | 1033 | 131
Pages: 318
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Reviewer:
Shell, Janice (Shell, Janice)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States
patrons:
Sforza family
places:
United States / New Haven
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
71. Beatrice d'Este, by Gian Cristoforo Romano. C.1490. Marble. (Louvre, Paris; Exh. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
Attributed works:
72. Virgin and Child with St Roch and Donor, by the Master of the Sforza Altar-Piece. c.1480-90. 85 by 67.9 cm. (Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation; Exh. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
Book Review
Le vetrate del Duomo di Milano dai Visconti agli Sforza
06/1988 | 1023 | 130
Pages: 469-470
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Reviewer:
Welch, Evelyn S. (Welch, Evelyn S.; Welch, Evelyn Samuels; Welch, Evelyn)
Subjects
buildings:
Duomo di Milano, Milan, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
patrons:
Visconti family / Sforza family
places:
Italy / Milan
subjects:
Italian painting / Stained glass / Cathedrals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Le vetrate del Duomo di Milano dai Visconti agli Sforza | author: Gilli Pirina, Caterina
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