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peace was made between Milan and Venice in 1441 Colleoni went over to the Milanese, together with Sforza in 1443. But althoughwell treated at first, he soon See also:

fell under the suspicion of the treacherous Visconti and was imprisoned at See also:

MONZA (locally Monscia)

Monza, where he remained until the duke's See also:

DEATH

death in 1447. Milan then fell under the lordship of Sforza, whom Colleoni served for a See also:

time, but in 1448 he took leave of Sforza and returned to the Venetians. Disgusted at not having been elected See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain-See also:

general, he went over to Sforza once more, but Venice could not do without him and by offering him increased emoluments induced him to return, and in 1455 he was appointed captain-general of the republic for life. Although he occasionally fought on his own See also:

account, when Venice was at peace, he remained at the disposal of the republic in time of See also:

war until his death. Colleoni was perhaps the most respectable of all the Italian condottieri, and although he often changed sides, no See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of treachery is imputed to him, nor did he subject the territories he passed through to the rapine and exactions practised by other soldiers of fortune.

When not fighting he devoted his time to introducing agricultural improvements on the vast estates with which the Venetians had endowed him, and to charitable See also:

WORKS

works. At his death in 1475 he See also:

LEFT

left a large sum to the republic for the See also:

TURKISH

Turkish war, with a See also:

REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request that an equestrian statue of himself should be erected in the Piazza See also:

San Marco. The statue was made by Verrocchio, but as no See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was permitted in the famous Piazza it was placed opposite the See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital of St See also:

Mark by way of See also:

COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise. See G. M. See also:

BONOMI, GIUSEPPI (1739-1808)

Bonomi, Il See also:

Castello di Cavernago e i See also:

conti Martinengo Colleoni (Bergamo, 1884) ; for an account of his See also:

WARS

wars see S. Romania, Storia documentata di Venezia, vol. iv. (Venice, 1855), and other histories of Venice. (L.

End of Article: COLLEONI, BARTOLOMMEO (1400-1475)

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