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(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Letter to Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Letter to Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan

correspondent (Venice, 1373 - 1457, Venice)
Date1448
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumInk on vellum
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU19w45
eMuseum ID726976
Other NumberDe Ricci 37
EmbARK ObjectID19462
TMS Source ID6798
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryThis 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.
BibliographyNotesSeymour 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.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.