Sforza

⁂ The word Sforza means “force,” and, according to tradition, was derived thus: Giacomuzzo Attendolo, the son of a day laborer, being desirous of going to the wars, consulted his hatchet, resolving to enlist if it stuck fast in the tree at which he flung it.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

The presence of the virtues in Piero's diptych, in which Federico is accompanied by the cardinal virtues while Battista Sforza is attended by the theological virtues, reflects a figural tradition in which virtù and fortuna are represented at times as allies and at others as adversaries.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Two of the three most important were never completed, obstacles having arisen during his life-time, which obliged him to leave them unfinished; namely the Sforza

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

Two of the three most important were never completed, obstacles having arisen during his life-time, which obliged him to leave them unfinished; namely the Sforza

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

Cremona, and all the places fituated on the Adda, fhould be delivered to the emperor; to which terms Sforza, who was then ill of a fever, agreed, excepting the ai tide of Milan and Cremona; which, he faid, he could not fur - render but to his imperial majefty in perfon.

The modern part of an universal history from the earliest accounts to the present time; 1782

The subject of that work, Cecilia Gallerani, was the witty mistress of Milan's young ruler Ludovico Maria Sforza, for whom Da Vinci worked as court painter for 18 years beginning in 1482.

A New Home for Arab Treasures Kelly Crow 2011

Da Vinci was only 30 when he joined Sforza's court, and a closer look at the paintings and drawings he completed during his tenure there reveals much about how he developed as an artist.

A New Home for Arab Treasures Kelly Crow 2011

Mr. Sforza offers a four-course lunch, with wine, for just €12.

Around the World in Eight Days Jeff Chu 2012

The Atellani Palazzo on Corso Magenta was once owned by the powerful Sforza family and now contains a private museum, with 17th-century frescoed Zodiac ceilings and paintings by Crespi.

Touching the Fabric of Italian Life Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2011

The National Gallery exhibition, which runs from Nov. 9 until Feb. 5, 2012, concentrates on paintings Leonardo produced for Duke Lodovico Sforza in Milan.

Leonardo Da Vinci Painting to Be Unveiled Dalya Alberge 2011