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The Milanese Dynasty of the Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan

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Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the second favourite Milanese Saint of the 14th and 15th centuries and at the beginning of the 16th century, St. Lucia

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her first son, Galeazzo Maria, as the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti, c. 1465

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as Saint Margaret, one of the most important female saints of the Milanese House of the Visconti, because this saint was associated like the Visconti with the symbol of a dragon (the painting was most likely created because of her death in 1468)

Bianca Maria Visconti mit Familie — This picture is showing the family of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Bianca Maria Visconti in the year 1456 or 1457: On the left side next to the statue of Saint Sebastian (in the middle) you can see Francesco Sforza (close to the statue) and his sons Sforza Maria, Ascanio Maria, Lodovico Maria il Moro, Galeazzo Maria und Filippo Maria (the sons are listed from the left edge to the statue). On the right side of the statue you can find his mother-in-law Agnese del Maino, his wife Bianca Maria Visconti, and his daughters Elisabetta Maria (in the arms of her nurse) and Ippolita Maria, kneeling behind her mother.

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her first born as the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti in her confinement-bed after giving birth to her daughter Ippolita Maria (in the cradle), with her one-year-old son Galeazzo Maria (on the left side of the nurse). Both are presented to the baby Saint Stephan, who is being carried by an archangel.

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin in the lower part of the altarpiece surrounded by angels which are depicted with the faces of her eight children: (from the left to the right) Galeazzo Maria, Sforza Maria, Ippolita Maria, Ottaviano Maria, Elisabetta Maria, Lodovico Maria (or il Moro), Filippo Maria and Ascanio Maria.

Bianca Maria Visconti mit Familie — Bianca Maria Visconti with her husband, Francesco Sforza, and probably her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Bianca Maria Visconti and Galeazzo Maria Sforza had fair hair; the painter made a big mistake!)

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti and her first born, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin and her Child

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin Mary with her first five children: Lodovico il Moro is the Child Jesus, his four elder siblings Galeazzo Maria, Ippolita Maria, Filippo Maria and Sforza Maria are depicted as angels. Does the view from the castle's window look familiar?

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with one of the most important symbols of the House of the Visconti, the dragon-like snake, which is swallowing a red (flayed) man

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with the Child

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti and her first born, Galeazzo Maria, as the Virgin and the Child Jesus

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her mother Agnese del Maino

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti and her son Galeazzo Maria as the Virgin and the Child Jesus

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti and her son Galeazzo Maria as the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her characteristic hairdress

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as St. Lucia

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as St. Mary Magdalene

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti (definitely not the best depiction of her)

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti (left) playing card with friends

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti (detail of the fresco above)

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan

Bianca Maria Visconti mit ihrem Gatten — Bianca Maria Visconti with her beloved husband Francesco Sforza

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin Mary

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Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti three times

Bianca Maria Visconti mit ihrem Gatten — Bianca Maria Visconti and her husband Francesco Sforza as the main Saints of the Milanese dynasty, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. John the Baptist

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti and her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the Virgin and the Child Jesus with Ippolita Maria, Filippo Maria, Sforza Maria and Galeazzo Maria as angels (from left to right)

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, who holds an important symbol of the Visconti in his hands, the Goldfinch

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as ball player

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the Child Jesus Christ and her husband, Francesco Sforza (left), as Saint Franziskus of Assisi and her father-in-law, Muzio Attendolo Sforza (right), as Saint Bernardin of Siena

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the Child Jesus Christ

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the mythological ancestress of the Visconti, the Goddess Venus, with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, as the little God Amor

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Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin (detail from the painting above)

Bianca Maria Visconti mit ihrem Gatten — Bianca Maria Visconti and her husband Francesco Sforza

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin with Child

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Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin with Child

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Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin (the Child Jesus Christ has the facial features of her father, Filippo Maria Visconti)

Bianca Maria Visconti mit ihrem Gatten — The wedding of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza on 26th of October 1441

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Bianca Maria Visconti mit Kind — Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest child, her son Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin with Child

Bianca Maria Visconti mit Kind — Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest child, her son Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin with Child

Bianca Maria Visconti mit Kind — Bianca Maria Visconti with her eldest child, her son Galeazzo Maria Sforza, as the Virgin with Child

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her first son Galeazzo Maria Sforza as the Virgin with Child

Bianca Maria Visconti mit Mutter — Bianca Maria Visconti (right) with her mother Agnese del Maino

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti with her first son Galeazzo Maria Sforza as the Virgin with Child

Bianca Maria Visconti und ihr Gatte Francesco Sforza — Bianca Maria Visconti and her husband, Francesco Sforza, whose coat-of-arms of that time tells us when the portraits of them were made: between end of 1441 and mid of 1447

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Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with Child

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti as the Virgin with her eldest son Galeazzo Maria Sforza as the Child Jesus

Bianca Maria Visconti — Bianca Maria Visconti (three times in the middle with different hairstyles) and her mother Agnese del Maino (right)

Bianca Maria Visconti mit ihren Kindern — Bianca Maria Visconti with her children as the Virgin with angels; left side from the top to the bottom: Lodovico Maria (il Moro) Sforza, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Filippo Maria Sforza and Ottaviano Maria Sforza, right side from the top to the bottom: Ascanio Maria Sforza, Ippolita Maria Sforza, Sforza Maria Sforza and Elisabetta Maria Sforza

Bianca Maria Visconti mit Kind und Niccolò III. d'Este — Bianca Maria Visconti and her eldest son Galeazzo Maria Sforza as the Virgin with Child and as prayer Niccolò III. d'Este (and not his son Leonello d'Este as the art historians of today have claimed)

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