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Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti.
The Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, M 1856 is an illuminated book of hours, now in the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Codex Vindobon. 1856). The book used to be the property of Galeazzo Maria Sforza , the fifth Duke of Milan .
The House of Sforza (Italian:) was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's main branch, Francesco II Sforza, in 1535.
When his father Francesco Sforza died in 1466 after falling from his horse, he was succeeded by his eldest son and Sforza Maria's oldest brother Galeazzo Maria Sforza. Their mother initially acted has an advisor to her son, but after barely a year, Galeazzo tired of her wanting to be involved in government and forced her to leave Milan. [11]
From these records, much is known about the art commissioned by Galeazzo Sforza and thus the art of Zanetto Bugatto even if most of Bugatto's art no longer remains today. In modern times only one verified work of Bugatto remains, Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza which currently resides in the Castello Sforzesco. Some historians argue that a ...
Gian Galeazzo and Caterina had two sons: Giovanni Maria in 1388 and Filippo Maria in 1392. In 1395, for 100,000 florins, Gian Galeazzo obtained the Duke of Milan's title from the King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. During his rule, the Visconti territories reached their broadest extension in northern and central Italy.
Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1471) by Piero del Pollaiuolo. Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza is an oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiuolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence. [1] It was produced in 1471 on Galeazzo Maria Sforza's third visit to Florence to strengthen his alliance with Lorenzo the Magnificent. The chronicles of the time ...
Galeazzo Maria, son of Francesco Sforza, due to his government considered by many to be tyrannical, was murdered in a conspiracy. His son, Gian Galeazzo, governed under the regency of his mother Bona of Savoy, until his uncle, Ludovico il Moro usurped the throne of the duchy.