• MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.

Want to continue reading? Get 1 month digital access for only .

Subscribe now
By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy
  • MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Search

content
A TO Z
clear all
4 articles
Article
Cristoforo de Predis at the Sforza Court
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 206–11
Buy / subscribe
related names
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.
Publication Received
A Foul and Pestilent Congregation: Images of 'Freaks' in Baroque Art
11/1999 | 1160 | 141
Pages: 694
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Butterworth, Annetta (Butterworth, Annetta)
Subjects
subjects:
Disabled / Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Foul and Pestilent Congregation: Images of 'Freaks' in Baroque Art | author: Wind, Barry
Short Notice
Annibale Carracci's Paintings of the Blind: An Addition
01/1989 | 1030 | 131
Pages: 27-28
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Ottani Cavina, Anna (Ottani Cavina, Anna; Ottani, Anna; Cavina, Anna Ottani)
Subjects
artists:
Carracci, Annibale
dates:
1550-1649
places:
Italy
subjects:
Disabled / Italian painting
subjects:
Blind (people)
subjects:
Counter-Reformation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Portrait of a Blind Woman, by Annibale Carracci. Oil on Paper Laid on Canvas, 24.5 by 18 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
31. Portrait of a Blind Man, Here Attributed to Annibale Carracci. 34.5 by 24.1 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
32. Detail of Fig.31. [Portrait of a Blind Man, Here Attributed to Annibale Carracci. 34.5 by 24.1 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Uffizi, Florence).]
Article
A Bronze by Giovanni Bologna and a Painting by Bronzino
12/1956 | 645 | 98
Pages: 439-445
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Holderbaum, James (Holderbaum, James)
Subjects
artists:
Giambologna
artists:
Bronzino, Agnolo
artists:
Lorenzo di Giovanfrancesco della Nera
artists:
Cioli, Valerio di Simone
artists:
Daniele da Volterra
dates:
1550-1599
places:
Italy / Florence
sources:
Varchi, Benedetto, 1503-1565
subjects:
Italian painting / Italian sculpture
subjects:
Sitters
subjects:
Bronzes
subjects:
Paragone (concept)
subjects:
Dwarf Morgante
subjects:
Disabled / Dwarfs / Iconography
subjects:
Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556
subjects:
Fountains
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. The Dwarf Morgante, by Giovanni Bologna, on a Dragon by Lorenzo della Nera. Bronze. (Museo Nazionale, Florence.)
Attributed works:
27. Back View of the Bronze Reproduced in Fig.26. [The Dwarf Morgante, by Giovanni Bologna, on a Dragon by Lorenzo della Nera. Bronze. (Museo Nazionale, Florence.)]
Attributed works:
28. The Dwarf Morgante, by Valerio Cioli (Before Restoration). Marble. (Boboli Gardens, Florence.)
Attributed works:
29. The Dwarf Morgante, by Agnolo Bronzino. Canvas. (Uffizi Store Rooms, Florence.)
Attributed works:
30. Obverse of Fig.29, Completely Repainted in the Seventeenth Century. [The Dwarf Morgante, by Agnolo Bronzino.]