Tomb of Gian Galeazzo Visconti

At the Certosa, Romano was employed during 1490s on the shrine of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, founder of the Certosa, inside the church. The Visconti monument is a covered structure, the upper part of which contains narrative reliefs of scenes from Gian Galeazzo Visconti’s victorious careeer. On the front of the tomb are two smoothly executed carvings showing Gian Galeazzo invested by his father with the military command and the election of Gian Galeazzo as Duke, and at one end is a large battle scene, remarkable for its lifelikeness and for its technical accomplishment.