Object details

Object number

U19w45

Creator(s)

Francesco Foscari (Venice, 1373 - 1457, Venice)

Title

Letter to Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan

Date

1448

Medium

Ink on vellum

Language

Italian

Publication Place

Venice

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.

Commentary

This letter from the doge of Venice, Francesco Foscari (about 1373 - 1457) to the duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza (1401 - 1466) announces the liberation of Guido Rangone, a leader of a band of mercenaries or condottiere.

Bibliography

Seymour de Ricci and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. I (New York, 1935), p. 936, no. 37
Anne-Marie Eze. "Italian Illuminated Manuscripts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Rivista di storia della miniatura (2012), pp. 91, 94.

Gallery

Tapestry Room

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