Milan
76 works documented in the Bruno Balestrini archive.
Altar Frontal
Gold sheet with stones and enamels, detail of the front face. The altar was conceived in the time of Charles the Bald, as an inscription shows. The gold covering of the altar was donated by Archbishop Angilbert II (824-859).
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Situla of Gotofredo
Ivory. The holy-water bucket of Archbishop Gotofredo of Milan was made for the ceremonies in Sant'Ambrogio on the occasion of Otto II's passage through Milan in 980.
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Head of the So-Called Theodora
Description: Late Roman sculpture, perhaps imported from the East.
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The miracle of the ship
Marble, detail. Slab of Arca di San Pietro Martyr, 1335-1339, commissioned by Azzone Visconti.
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Hope
Marble, detail of a panel of the Arca of St. Peter Martyr, executed between 1335 and 1339 on commission from Azzone Visconti.
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Temperance
Marble, detail of one of the caryatids representing the Virtues that support the Arca of St. Peter Martyr, executed for the church of Sant'Eustorgio between 1335 and 1339 on commission from Azzone Visconti.
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Funerary Monument of Bernabò Visconti
Marble, height cm 180. Detail of the statue placed at the top of the Mausoleum, about 1363.
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Il Bambaja Gaston de Foix
Description: Marble, detail. The funerary monument erected between 1515 and 1523.
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Rondanini Pietà
Description: Marble, height cm 195. Begun in 1553 and soon interrupted, this is Michelangelo's last work, carved during the last year of his life, 1564.
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The Journey of St. Sigismund
Description: Marble, height cm 27. Detail of a relief from Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, about 1454.
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Funerary Monument of Gian Giacomo de' Medici
Bronze, height cm 135, detail of an allegorical figure.
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Bookmaker
Wax, height cm 44, 1894. The work is also known as “L'uomo delle Corse” (The Racegoer) and “Lo Sportivo” (The Sportsman).
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The Three Graces
Marble, height cm 130, 1821. Bas-relief, detail of the funerary monument to Andrea Appiani.
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Rhythmic Freedom
Description: Polished bronze and black sulphate, height cm 80, 1963.
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Development of a Bottle in Space
Bronze, height cm 38, 1912. Four casts of this work exist; this bronze was cast in 1935 from the original plaster.
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