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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Monument to Bernabò Visconti
Image View:
Detail, columns and capitals under the sarcophagus
Creator:
Bonino da Campione (Italian sculptor, active ca. 1350-1390)
Location:
repository: Castello Sforzesco (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
Location Note:
Sforzesco Castle Museum, Milan
GPS:
45.47 9.178611
Date:
statue, ca. 1363 (creation); tomb, 1385-1386 (alteration)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
equestrian statue
Work Type 2:
monument
Work Type 3:
bas-relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
600 cm (height)
Subjects:
death or burial; funerary art; military or war; New Testament; rulers and leaders; saints
Description:
Bernabò Visconti (1323-1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman, who was Lord of Milan. Bonino da Campione sculpted the equestrian statue of Bernabò Visconti for the church of San Giovanni in Conca around 1363. Its positioning near the church's main altar was regarded as highly problematic by contemporaries and it was commented on by poet and intellectual Petrarch among others, since Bernabò was considered a despot and tyrant who was deposed and later poisoned. The equestrian statue was reused with changes and additions (a sarcophagus) carried out by the same Bonino in 1385-1386 as Bernabò's funerary monument in the same church. It was moved to the Castello Sforzesco in Milan after the church was demolished. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-M-SC-MBV-A20
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Monument to Bernabò Visconti