The Battle of Bicocca or La Bicocca was fought on 27 April 1522, during the Italian War of 1521–26. A combined French and Venetian force under Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, was decisively defeated
Anne de Montmorency, painted by Jean Clouet (c. 1530). Montmorency commanded the Swiss assault, and was the only survivor among the French nobles who accompanied it.
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec was a French military leader, a knight of the Order of St. Michael and grand seneschal of Guyenne. As Marshal of France, he commanded the campaign to conquer Naples, b
Portrait of Odet de Foix, by Michel Sittow
An 1834 copy of a portrait of Odet de Foix preserved at the palace of Versailles, the original was preserved at Beauregard Castle.
19th Century representation of the Sack of Brescia by Charles-Philippe Larivière
A 16th Century depiction of the Field of the Cloth of Gold where Odet de Foix attended. Painted by an anonymous painter of the British School, 16th Century.