The flight of Francesco Novello di Carrara, Lord of Padua, with his wife Taddea D'Este, from Padua under attack by Milan. Engraving by F. Bacon after C.L. Eastlake.

An episode described by Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi (1773-1842) in his Histoire des républiques italiennes du Moyen-âge (1807-1808, in 4 vols., ; 2nd ed. 1809-1818, in 16 vols.). In Eastlake's depiction, Francesco is on foot, embraced by his wife who rides side-saddle on a mule led by a boy. Behind them are three armed soldiers who take notice of other soldiers (the arriving Milanese?) in the pass below. In March 1389 Francseco fled from Padua with his wife and his brother Rodolfo, successively to Avignon, Arles, Marseilles, Genoa, Pisa, and finally, in April 1389, Florence, despite being attacked on his journey by envoys from Gian Galeazzo Visconti and by governors in thrall to Visconti (Dizionario biografico degli Italiani)