Madonna and Child, St Catherine and the Blessed Stefano Maconi

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The background of this small panel records the lyrical feeling of a calmly contemplated landscape. Seen with an eye for detail, the panorama includes a path going up to the church, two horsemen in conversation, a view of the town, and figures in a boat. The intensity of the background is to some extent dissipated by the foreground of the painting.

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Madonna and Child, St Catherine and the Blessed Stefano Maconi

About the Artist

Ambrogio Bergognone

1453 – 1523

Ambrogio Bergognone (also Borgognone), originally Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano, Italian painter of the Lombard school whose use of subdued and subtle colours lead Berenson to nickname him the 'Whistler of the Renaissance'. He was a pupil of Foppa, Leonardo had hardly any influence on him. His youthful Madonnas are deeply perceived and are evidence of the naive piousness of their creator. Together with Foppa he is considered to be the greatest painter of the Milanese School. He painted an altarpiece and frescoes for the convent of the Carthusians at Pavia (1514) and frescoes in the church of S. Simpliciano, Milan.

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