Sala delle Asse [SEP] creator
Sala delle Asse
The Sala delle Asse (In English: 'room of the tower' or 'room of the wooden boards'), is the location for a wall and ceiling painting in tempera on plaster, of decorated "intertwining plants with fruits and monochromes of roots and rocks", by Leonardo da Vinci, dating from about 1498 and located in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan.
Introduction and history.
In Milan, within the Sforza Castle, there is an important legacy by Leonardo da Vinci: “
Sala delle Asse”, a room with walls painted with a fascinating “trompe l’oeil”, depicting trunks, leaves, fruits, knots, as if it was in open air and not within a castle.
The room was decorated in 1498, as testified by a letter, dated April 21, 1498, to the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, nicknamed the “Moro” (the “moor”). In the letter […] Gualtiero Bascapè, the duke’s chancellor, states “… Magistro Leonardo