Bianca Maria Visconti
as the second favourite Milanese Saint of the 14th and 15th centuries and at the beginning of the 16th century, St. Lucia
Bianca Maria Visconti
with her first son, Galeazzo Maria, as St. Mary and the Child Jesus
Bianca Maria Visconti, c. 1465
Bianca Maria Visconti
as Saint Margaret, one of the most important female saints of the Milanese House of the Visconti, because this saint was associated like the Visconti with the symbol of a dragon (the painting was most likely created because of her death in 1468)
This picture is showing the family of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Bianca Maria Visconti: On the left side next to the statue of Saint Sebastian (in the middle) you can see Francesco Sforza (close to the statue) and his sons Sforza Maria, Ascanio Maria, Lodovico Maria il Moro, Galeazzo Maria und Filippo Maria (the sons are listed from the left edge to the statue). On the right side of the statue you can find his mother-in-law Agnese del Maino, his wife Bianca Maria Visconti, and his daughters Elisabetta Maria (in the arms of her nurse) and Ippolita Maria, standing behind her mother.
Bianca Maria Visconti
with her first born as St. Mary and the Child Jesus
Bianca Maria Visconti
in bed after giving birth to her daughter Ippolita Maria (in the cradle), with her one-year-old son Galeazzo Maria (on the left side of the nurse). Both are presented to the baby Saint Stephan, who is carried by an archangel.
Bianca Maria Visconti
as the Virgin surrounded by angels which are depicted with the faces of her eight children
Bianca Maria Visconti
with her husband, Francesco Sforza, and her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Bianca Maria Visconti
Niccolò III. d'Este worshipping the Virgin (Bianca Maria Visconti) and the Child Jesus Christ (Galeazzo Maria Sforza); in 1409 the Marquis of Este added a diamond ring to the emblems of the Sforzas, in recognition of Muzio Attendolo Sforza's triumph over the tyrant of Parma, Ottobuono Terza. The new Sforza symbol is shown during the reign of Francesco and Galeazzo Maria Sforza as three interlaced diamond rings and during the reign of Lodovico il Moro and his nephew Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza as a whole chain of rings (or circles) (look at "Mona Lisa's" dress) .
Bianca Maria Visconti
and her first born, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin and her Child
Bianca Maria Visconti
as St. Mary with her first five children: Lodovico il Moro is the Child Jesus, his four elder siblings Galeazzo Maria, Ippolita Maria, Filippo Maria and Sforza Maria are depicted as angels. Does the view from the castle's window look familiar ?
Bianca Maria Visconti
with one of the most important symbols of the House of the Visconti, the dragon-like snake, which is swallowing a red (flayed) man
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with the Child
in this painting the Child Jesus Christ is Lodovico il Moro; his elder brothers Galeazzo Maria (lower left), Filippo Maria (upper right) and Sforza Maria (upper left) and his elder sister Ippolita Maria (lower right) are depicted as little Saints
Bianca Maria Visconti and her first born, Galeazzo Maria, as the Virgin and the Child Jesus
Bianca Maria Visconti with her mother Agnese del Maino
Bianca Maria Visconti and her son Galeazzo Maria as the Virgin and the Child Jesus
Bianca Maria Visconti and her son Galeazzo Maria as St. Mary and the Child Jesus
Bianca Maria Visconti with her characteristic hairdress
this portrait was made by Fra Angelico or one of his students
Bianca Maria Visconti as St. Lucia
Bianca Maria Visconti as St. Mary Magdalene
Bianca Maria Visconti (definitely not the best portrait of her)
Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Bianca Maria Visconti (left) playing card with friends
Bianca Maria Visconti (Detail of the upper picture)
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti with her beloved husband Francesco Sforza
Bianca Maria Visconti as St. Mary
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti three times
Bianca Maria Visconti
and her husband Francesco Sforza as the main Saints of the Milanese dynasty, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. John the Baptist
Bianca Maria Visconti
and her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the Virgin and the Child Jesus with Ippolita Maria, Filippo Maria, Sforza Maria and Galeazzo Maria as angels (from left to right)
Bianca Maria Visconti
with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, who holds an important symbol of the Visconti in his hands, the Goldfinch
Bianca Maria Visconti as ball player
Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the Child Jesus Christ and her husband, Francesco Sforza (left), as Saint Franziskus of Assisi and her father-in-law, Muzio Attendolo Sforza (right), as Saint Bernardin of Siena
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the Child Jesus Christ
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Goddess Venus with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the little God Amor
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin (Detail of the above painting)
Bianca Maria Visconti and her husband, Francesco Sforza (Detail)
Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin with Child
Bianca Maria Visconti (Detail)
Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin with Child (Detail)
Bianca Maria Visconti
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin
Bianca Maria Visconti (or her mother Agnese del Maino) as the Virgin
Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Detail)
The wedding of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza on 26th of October 1441