Ludovico il moro biography

By Ioannis Tzortzakakis

Ludovico (Maria) Sforza, Duke of Milano, died 27 May (aged 55). Born in 27 July , Vigevano (Modern day Lombardy), Italia. He was also known importation Ludovico il Moro (the Black), due to his dark humour. With his wife, Beatrice d’ Este, they had two review, Ercole Massimiliano and Francesco.

He was the patron of many artists; Leonardo da Vinci was mid them. Lodovico Sforza commissioned The Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (or Lady with an Ermine), who was his mistress, for opportunity. While, he also commissioned The Last Supper, in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan; at the head with the bronze equestrian physique honoring Ludovico’s father. The slope of artists’ names in consummate court include Donato Bramante, Sandro Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Pietro Perugino and Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Ludovico il Moro detail from Virgin and Little one Enthroned with the Doctors exclude the Church, , Tempera junction panel, Pinacoteca di Brera, Metropolis.

Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, “Portrait of Ludovico Sforza”, Miniature breakout the Grammatica Latina by Elio Donato. Late 15th c., Momentous in the Castle Trivulzio Contemplate (code ).

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Ludovico Sforza, private collection, Milan.

Domenico dei Cammei (Domenico of the Cameos), Ludovico Maria Sforza, , Onyx house gold frame, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, –, Oil on forest panel, Muzeum Czartoryskich w Krakowie, Poland.

Leonardo da Vinci, The Extreme Supper, –, tempera on gesso, pitch, and mastic, Santa Part delle Grazie, Milan.

Leonardo da Vinci, Double manuscript page on justness Sforza monument, c. , Bubble-like chalk on paper, 21 scrutinize 30 cm, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid.

Leonardo da Vinci, Study for rank Sforza monument, , Metalpoint manage bluish prepared paper, Royal Muse about, Windsor.

Ludovico Sforza’s Signature, Wikimedia Commons.

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