This book presents a new perspective on the Italian Renaissance court by examining the circulation, collection and exchange of art objects.

In this fascinating study, Alison Cole explores the distinctive uses of art at the five great secular courts of Naples, Urbino, Ferrara, Mantua, and Milan. The

Verrocchio worked in an extraordinarily wide array of media and used unusual practices of making to express ideas.

The Court Cities of Northern Italy examines painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and architecture produced within the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth cent

This richly illustrated publication brings together 93 paintings and 85 drawings from the Royal Collection, and accompanies an exhibition of international impor