Palazzo Visconti frescoes
The Palazzo Visconti frescoes are a series of eight frescoes by
Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo
when the cycle in the room was still complete – he states that they showed the most famous soldiers of their time.
It consists of:
- First soldier
- Second soldier
- Third soldier
- Singer
- Man with a club
- Man with a halberd
- Heraclitus and Democritus
- Man with a broadsword
They are shown inside fake architectural niches, which help give them considerable perspectival strength. The figures' clear definition and the clear spatial network help give the figures a sculptural impression. This and their archaeologically researched costumes turn the figures into soldiers of ancient Rome.[1]
The works belong to a Renaissance tradition of cycles of famous people, such as
studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro
.
References
- ^ (in Italian) Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti (ed.), Pinacoteca di Brera, op.cit.
Bibliografia
- (in Italian) S. Bandera (ed.), Brera. La Pinacoteca e i suoi capolavori, Skira, Milano 2009.
- (in Italian) Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti (ed.),Pinacoteca di Brera, Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano, 1970
- (in Italian) Mina Gregori (ed.), Pittura a Milano, Rinascimento e Manierismo, Cariplo, Milano 1999.
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