John Galeas (Gian Galeazzo Visconti) surprises and imprisons his uncle Barnabus (Bernabo).


John Galeas (Gian Galeazzo Visconti, 1351–1402) surprises and imprisons his uncle Barnabus (Bernabo) with just 400 men to become first Duke of Milan. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.


Size: 4640px × 5793px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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