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Lot Essay
Actif de 1477 à 1506, le sculpteur et architecte lombard Benedetto Briosco contribua à des travaux importants comme le dôme de la cathédrale de Milan et la partie supérieure du monument funéraire de Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402), premier Duc de Milan. Il est probable que notre lot ait autrefois fait partie d’un tombeau. Il est à rapprocher des reliefs que Briosco réalisa en collaboration avec Tomasso Cazzaniga (1481-1504) pour le tombeau de Pier Francesco Visconti, Comte de Saliceto (d. 1484). Plusieurs de ces reliefs font maintenant partie de la collection de la National Gallery of Art à Washington D.C. (inv. 1952.5.90 et 1952.5.91), du Cleveland Museum of Art à Cleveland (inv. 1928.863), et du Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art à Kansas City (inv. 51-29/1 et 51-29/2).
Active from 1477 to 1506, the Lombard sculptor and architect Benedetto Briosco contributed to such important works as the Duomo of the Milan Cathedral and the top section of the funerary monument for Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402), 1st Duke of Milan. The present lot was most likely once a part of a tomb and compares quite closely with reliefs Briosco completed in conjunction with Tomasso Cazzaniga (1481-1504) for the tomb of Pier Francesco Visconti, Count of Saliceto (d. 1484]. Several of these reliefs are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, D.C. (inv. 1952.5.90 and 1952.5.91), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (inv. 1928.863), and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (inv. 51-29/1 and 51-29/2).
Active from 1477 to 1506, the Lombard sculptor and architect Benedetto Briosco contributed to such important works as the Duomo of the Milan Cathedral and the top section of the funerary monument for Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402), 1st Duke of Milan. The present lot was most likely once a part of a tomb and compares quite closely with reliefs Briosco completed in conjunction with Tomasso Cazzaniga (1481-1504) for the tomb of Pier Francesco Visconti, Count of Saliceto (d. 1484]. Several of these reliefs are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, D.C. (inv. 1952.5.90 and 1952.5.91), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (inv. 1928.863), and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (inv. 51-29/1 and 51-29/2).