Loches (France)

Births: • Gris, Josette (1894-1983) Deaths: • Sforza, Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan (1452-1508) See also: • Cities | France

Ludovico Sforza (Ludovico il Moro)

(1452–1508) Ludovico Maria Sforza, called Ludovico il Moro Duke of Bari (1479–1499) Duke of Milan (1494–1499) Lord of Genova (1494–1499) Ludovico il Moro in Art: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di musico c.1485 Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano     Works commissioned by him:…

Cristo coronato di spine (c.1500-1505)

Probably Perugino (c.1446-1523) Cristo coronato di spine (Christ Crowned with Thorns) c.1500–1505 Oil on wood, 40.3 x 32.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown as a prisoner, a rope around his neck. He wears a crown of thorns and a purple…

L’Arcangelo Raffaele con Tobia (c.1496-1500)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) L’Arcangelo Raffaele con Tobia (The Archangel Raphael with Tobias) c.1496–1500 Oil and egg temera on poplar, 113.3 x 56.5 cm National Gallery, London This was the right panel of the predella of an altarpiece made for the Duke of Milan,…

L’Arcangelo Michele (c.1496-1500)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) L’Arcangelo Michele (The Archangel Michael) c.1496–1500 Oil and egg temera on poplar, 114.7 x 56.6 cm National Gallery, London This was the left panel of the predella of an altarpiece made for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. Altarpiece,…

Madonna col Bambino e un angelo (c.1496-1500)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e un angelo (The Virgin and Child with an Angel) c.1496–1500 Oil and egg temera on poplar, 114 x 63.5 cm National Gallery, London This was the central panel of the predella of an altarpiece made for…

Madonna di Loreto (c.1507-1515)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna di Loreto (The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis) probably c.1507–1515 Oil on wood, 185.5 x 152.5 cm National Gallery, London This painting stood above the altar in a chapel built to commemorate a local carpenter, Giovanni…

Noli Me Tangere (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Noli Me Tangere 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 27.3 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond, most famously through his contact…