The image of a fifteenth-century court : secular frescoes for the Castello di Porta Giovia, Milan

Author

Welch, Evelyn Samuels

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 1990, Vol. 53, p. 163-184, 2 ill.; plans

ISSN

0075-4390

Abstract (en)

Discusses programs drawn up 1471-1472 for fresco cycles which would show Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza and his court hunting, and would proclaim the dynastic succession of Visconti and Sforza rulers. The murals were probably never even begun. Documents appended.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Mural painting
• Italy
• 1400-1500
• Castello Sforzesco||Milano (ITA)
• Sforza, Galeazzo Maria, duca di Milano, 1444-1476
• Iconographic programs
• Court art
• Hunting
• Sforza family, 15th-18th cs.
• Iconography
• Documents

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Peinture murale
• Italie
• 1400-1500
• Castello Sforzesco||Milano (ITA)
• Sforza, Galeazzo Maria, duca di Milano, 1444-1476
• Programme iconographique
• Art de cour
• Chasse (activité)
• Sforza, famille, 15~e-18~e s.
• Iconographie
• Documents

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00423137

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