# Ep. 71: Federico da Montefeltro and Urbino feat. Prof. Linda Reynolds

An episode of [The Italian Renaissance Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1612265937), 18 May 2026, 36 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1947899/episodes/19187530-ep-71-federico-da-montefeltro-and-urbino-feat-prof-linda-reynolds.mp3

Art Historian Linda Reynolds joins me to discuss the history of the court of Duke Federico da Montefeltro. Ruling over Urbino, the Montefeltro court was among the most important centers in Renaissance Italy. Professor Reynolds first explains how a simple mercenary like Federico was able to rise to the status of Duke. From there, she dives into the Duke's patronage of the arts, looking primary at the architecture of his palace in Urbino and his painters, Piero della Francesca and Justus van Ghent. Works Discussed: Luciano Laurana, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, second phase 1464-72 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_ducale_di_Urbino The Ideal City, 1480's https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ideal_City_-_formerly_attributed_to_Luciano_Laurana_-_Galleria_Nazionale_delle_Marche,_Urbino Piero della Francesca, Double Portrait of Duke Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, 1473-75 https://www.uffizi.it/opere/i-duchi-di-urbino-federico-da-montefeltro-e-battista-sforza Justus van Ghent, Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro with His Son Guidobaldo, ca. 1475 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Federico_da_Montefeltro_with_His_Son_Guidobaldo Support/Watch/Follow: https://linktr.ee/italian_renaissance_podcast The Florentine Renaissance Course Support the show

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