Fresco cycle
by FOGOLINO, Marcello, Fresco
The decoration of large halls with the deeds of the nobility and their ancestors was intended to inspire the viewer’s admiration. The depiction of such events from the recent past has a long tradition. Most such cycles in the first half of the sixteenth century, however, are dedicated to a single person or event, as for example, in the Castello Colleoni. By contrast, from the middle of the century onward this genre was increasingly devoted to the representation of dynasties.
The fresco cycle in this large room represents depictions of King Christian I of Denmark’s visit to Bartolommeo Colleoni in 1474.