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The Milanese Dynasty of the Visconti — Matteo I. Visconti

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Matteo I. Visconti
Matteo I. Visconti (1250-1322) as the Archangel who wants to save Saint John the Evangelist from the cauldron, filled with boiling oil (Detail).

This altarpiece, made by Margarito of Arezzo around 1265, is the oldest one, on which I could recognize members of the Visconti lending their facial features to Saints. The great-uncle of Matteo I. Visconti, the mighty Milanese Archbishop Ottone Visconti (1207-1295), for example is lending his facial features to his personal favourite Saint John the Evangelist and also to the other saints depicted on this altarpiece.

Matteo I.Visconti
Matteo I. Visconti lends his facial features to Jesus Christ. Detail. (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Matteo I. Visconti
Matteo I. Visconti is lending his facial features to Saint Peter.
Matteo I. Visconti
Matteo I. Visconti (on the right) with his son Giovanni (in the middle), Archbishop of Milan, and his already deceased great-uncle Ottone Visconti (on the left), also Archbishop of Milan
Neu: Bianca Maria Visconti
Buchcover: Bianca Maria Visconti

Die Frauen der Sforza I: Bianca Maria Visconti – Die Stammmutter der Sforza

nur als Buch (Farbband) bei amazon.de: 294 Seiten, mit Stammtafeln und 243 Bildern, Independently published, 1. Auflage 2020, ISBN 978-1-6515-0580-9, € 43,90