Abstract
A possesive attitude was taken by the Sienese government towards Francesco di Giorgio Martini, the most versatile Sienese painter, sculptor, architect and designer of weird weapons of war and fortifications. Already in June 1485 he had been ordered to return home from his prolonged employment at the court of Urbino. After he had been reinstated as a citizen on 19 December 1485, his civic patrons lessened his availability by imposing public responsibilities upon him, not only those of building and engineering, but even administrative as well. The demands for his services elsewhere were nevertheless flattering enough for him to be released for certain periods to serve Duke Alfonso of Calabria and other patrons, among them (as the second letter below illustrates) the government of nearby Lucca.
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Chambers, D.S. (1970). A Sienese Citizen in Demand: Francesco di Giorgio Martini. In: Patrons and Artists in the Italian Renaissance. History in Depth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00623-6_10
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