Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, St. Paul and an Angel Musician

Anonymous Lombard Painter

Download hi-res image TITLE Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, St. Paul and an Angel Musician
AUTHOR Anonymous Lombard Painter
DATE 1510 - 20
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Oil on panel
DIMENSIONS cm 228 x 150
INVENTORY 320
Work Not On Display

The painting comes from the lost Milanese Church of San Paolo in Compito. Attributed to Marco d’Oggiono in 17th – and 18th century guides to Milan, this work is in fact by a master whose name we do not know, but who was unquestionably influenced by Zenale, Boltraffio and d’Oggiono himself. The rocky throne covered in thick vegetation clearly harks back to Leonardo’s Virgin of the Rocks. The picture is likely to have been painted between the 1510s and the 1520s.