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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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.

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Il Codice Varia 124 della Biblioteca Reale di Torino miniato da Cristoforo De Predis (Milano, 1476)

09/1989 | 1038 | 131

Pages: 650-651

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Welch, Evelyn S. (Welch, Evelyn S.; Welch, Evelyn Samuels; Welch, Evelyn)

Subjects

artists:

Predis, Cristoforo de

dates:

1450-1499

museums and institutions:

Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Italy

places:

Italy / Milan / Turin

subjects:

Italian painting / Illuminated manuscripts

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Il Codice Varia 124 della Biblioteca Reale di Torino miniato da Cristoforo De Predis (Milano, 1476) | author: Vitale-Brovarone, Alessandro

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A Sforza Miniature by Cristoforo da Preda

02/1974 | 851 | 116

Pages: 91-96

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Author:

Jacobsen, Michael A. (Jacobsen, Michael A.)

Subjects

artists:

Predis, Cristoforo de

dates:

1450-1499

museums and institutions:

Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain

patrons:

Sforza family

places:

Italy / Milan

places:

Florence

subjects:

Italian painting / Illuminated manuscripts

subjects:

Patronage / Iconography / Battles

subjects:

Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1444-1476

Illustrations

Attributed works:

29. Galeazzo Sforza in Prayer, by Cristoforo da Preda. (Wallace Collection, London.) Courtesy of the Wallace Collection.

Attributed works:

31. Detail from Galeazzo Sforza in Prayer Reproduced in Fig. 29.

Attributed works:

32. David in Prayer, by Monte and Gherardo di Giovanni. (Laurentian Library MS. Plut. 15.17.f.1).

Western art unattributed:

30. Hungarian, c.1490: Initial A (Vatican Urb. Lat. 110 f. 1).

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Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

08/1933 | 365 | 63

Pages: 57-59+62-64

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Author:

Wittgens, Fernanda (Wittgens, Fernanda; Wittgens, F.)

Subjects

artists:

Giraldi, Guglielmo

artists:

Nicolò da Bologna

artists:

Predis, Cristoforo de

dates:

1930-1939

museums and institutions:

Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy

places:

Italy / Ferrara / Bologna

places:

Milan

places:

Persia / Iran

subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts / Exhibitions

subjects:

Italian painting / Ferrarese

subjects:

Byzantine art / Manuscripts

subjects:

Persian

subjects:

Jewish / Manuscripts

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Plate I. B-The Return and Death of Agamemnon. Scene from "The Tragedies of Seneca," a Codex Attributed to Nicholas of Bologna. Fourteenth Century. 5 by 11 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

Attributed works:

Plate II. B-The Attic Nights of Aulo Gellio, from the Codex "Scotti," Illuminated by Geraldi. Ferrarese School. 1448. 21 by 16 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. D-Symbolical Scene, from "The Gift to the Free," Written by the Poet Giami. Persian School. Sixteenth Century. 21 by 14 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

Western art unattributed:

Plate I. A-The Faithful and Their Teacher, from the Book of Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzen. Byzantine School. Ninth Century. 17 by 18 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

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Plate I. C-The Adoration of the Magi, from "The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary." Ferrarese School. Fifteenth Century. 9.50 by 13.50 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

Western art unattributed:

Plate I. D-Initial in the Book of Exodus, from a Pentateuch of the Thirteenth Century. Hebrew Work. 10 by 18 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

Western art unattributed:

Plate II. A-The Crucifixion, from a Missal from Bobbio. Byzantine School. Tenth Century. 23 by 20 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

Western art unattributed:

Plate II. C-Christ's Agony in the Garden. Pen-Drawing from a "Gospel Book." French School. End of Fourteenth Century. 15 by 18 cm. Illuminated Manuscripts at the Ambrosiana

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