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Aimo and Vermondo Killing Two Wild Boars
Creator
Anovelo da ImbonateItalian Illuminator · 1400–present
All works by this person →An illuminator and possibly a panel painter, Anovelo da Imbonate worked in Milan at the end of the 1300s and the beginning of the 1400s. In those years, the wealth, international connections, and intellectual sophistication of Milan's ruling family gave rise to a flourishing artistic culture. One of the artists working for these rulers developed a version of the International style influenced by F
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- about 1400
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- c7730731-5527-48c5-9e9b-90a78b73785f
From the Getty Museum record
The brothers Aimo and Vermondo stride through the thick underbrush, where they encounter a number of wild boars. The dogs leap toward their prey with their mouths open and teeth bared. At this moment, the combat between the brothers and the boars is a stalemate: although blood pours out of the sides of the boars where they have been pierced by swords, blood also issues from the men's legs where the boars have inflicted grievous wounds.
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