The Master of the Milanese Court In the vibrant, intellectually charged atmosphere of Renaissance Milan, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis emerged as a vital figure whose brush captured the very essence of the Sforza dynasty. Born into a distinguished family of Lombard artists around 1455, his early life was steeped in the traditions of illumination and fine design. Alongside his brothers—Evangelista, Bernardino, and Cristoforo—Ambrogio helped shape the visual identity of a city on the cusp of artistic revolution. His initial forays into the world of art were marked by the delicate precision of a…