Medaglione con il profilo di Francesco Sforza

The Sala delle Colombine is Hall 13
of the Museum of Ancient Art of Castello Sforzesco. It is
so called for the recurring motif that decorates the room: an emblem of a colombina on a radiant sun and with the
motto "à bon droit" printed on the cartouche. This room was part of the private
apartments of the Sforza dukes and it was Galeazzo Maria Sforza who
commissioned the decoration in 1469. The room is today dedicated to Lombard sculpture
of the second half of the fifteenth century and houses a series of medallions
depicting sacred scenes or portraits of the ducal family, like this one with
the profile of Francesco Sforza.