page_title: Michelino Molinari da Besozzo
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Michelino Molinari da Besozzo / Career
context_page_description: Michelino Molinari da Besozzo was a notable fifteenth century Italian painter and illuminator, who was widely praised for his work. He worked mostly in Milan and Lombardy, and was employed by the Visconti family, rulers of Milan. Michelino's work follows the traditions of the Lombard School, and maintains the Trecento style.
context_section_description: As a fifteenth century Italian artist of the Lombard School, Michelino’s illuminations follow a linear form of the International Gothic Style, and are abstract, yet appear to be naturalistic because of the detailed nature of the artist’s work. Though few of his works have survived to the present day, Michelino was among the most famous artists of his day, and was widely acclaimed and praised. Remaining examples of Michelino’s work deny the classicizing style of the Renaissance, instead maintaining the more rigid forms of the outdated, Gothic style of the Proto-Renaissance. Michelino's career was most relevant during his time in Milan, where he worked for the Visconti family. Michelino was given major commissions in Milan, and was notably employed to design windows for the Visconti’s cathedral.
caption: Michelino Molinari da Besozzo, Eulogy for Giangaleazzo Visconti, 1402-1403, 14.5 x 9.5 in (37.5 x 24 in), Bibliothèque Nationale, ms. lat. 5888, fol. 1, Paris
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