Saint Roch and Saint Louis of Toulouse by Ambrogio Borghonne

Saint Roch and Saint Louis of Toulouse by Ambrogio Borghonne

It came from the legacy of Count Janos Palffy, from his Pozhony Palace, in 1912; Count bought it in Milan in 1881. Perhaps this picture was the upper right part of some altar. It was written a little later than the previous one and schematic of it. Similar paintings with her – perhaps, from the same altar – are in the Milan collections Castello Sforzesco and Ambrosiana.

Here Borgognone already refuses the innovations of Leonardo da Vinci and chooses the path of archaization. The role of light decreases, in place of the spectacular landscape in the background returns a neutral golden background. However, Borgonone still can not completely free himself from new views.

Speaking a powerful figure of St. Louis, of course, remains a typical image of the Renaissance, it resembles the huge figures of Milanese frescoes Bramante.

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