Sienese,
Lombard school 
Sienese,
Lombard school |
This room is situated on the First Floor |
| Room No. 12 holds the works of artists from the Venetian, Lombard and Tuscan painting schools (16th century), influenzed by Leonardo da Vinci’s perspective studies and most of these works have been considered as a part of Leonardo’s artistic output for a long time. |
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His influence is evident, for instance, in the
painting entitled Jesus Christ carryng the cross, by Andrea Solario, as well as in the
painting entitled The woman's head, by an anonimus painter, which recalls one of the
typical expression of Leonardo's virgins.Even the singular Portrait of Leda was supposed
to belong to Leonardo. Actually, it was probably by one of his pupils, even though someone
stilI believes that it is one of Leonardo’s unfinished paintings, altered by many
other painters. |
| At the end of the room stands out the Portrait of Mercurio
Bua, by Lorenzo Lotto (1535), which shows the gloominess of a widower whose wife probably
died during childbirth. Another important painting is Sodoma’s Piety, which was long considered one of Leonardo’s paintings. |
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