Adoration of the Christ Child
Adoration of the Christ Child
Saint Anthony the Hermit
Male Portrait
Mary Magdalene
The Entombment of Christ (detail)
Portrait of a Musician
Madonna of the Towers
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
The Infant Jesus with a Lamb
Christ the Redeemer
Holy Family with Saints John, Tobias, and Raphael
Christ Blessing
The Entombment of Christ
Santa Conversazione (detail)
Machine for Polishing Mirrors
St John the Baptist
Madonna del Padiglione
Landscape with Hermits
The Holy Family with Sts. Francis, Anthony, Magdalene, John and Elizabeth
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
The School of Athens (detail)
Geometric Studies
Reliquary with Lucrezia Borgia’s Hair
Studies of Wings and Mechanical Anatomy
Adoration of the Magi (detail)
Lombard Lanpugnami Daggers
Adoration of the Magi (detail)
Mobile Assault Ramp
Hydraulic and Lifting Devices
Mechanical Device with Gear System
The Allegory of Fire
Winter Landscape with Cherubs
Cartoon for The School of Athens (Detail)
Designs for Hydraulic Devices
Napoleon’s Waterloo Gloves
Ecce Homo
Christ from The Last Supper
The Holy Family
The Earthly Paradise with the Creation of Eve
Mechanical Studies
Vase of Flowers with Small Insects
Mouse, Rose, and Butterfly
The Original Sin and the Expulsion from Paradise
Forest with Pond
The Allegory of Water
Adoration of the Magi
Santa Conversazione
The Archangel Raphael (detail)
Forest Landscape
Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Mountainous Landscape with Travelers
Study of Mechanical Components
Gloria angelica (detail)
Studies on Optics and Perspective
Landscape with the Conversion of St Paul
Basket of Fruit (detail)
Cartoon for The School of Athens (detail)
Gloria Angelica
Studies of Solids and Geometry
Mountain Landscape
Studies of Geometric Patterns
Coronation with Thorns
Coastal Landscape
Basket of Fruit
Nativity
Saint Paul the Hermit in a Landscape
Rocky Landscape
Hermits in a Rocky Landscape
Landscape with St John the Baptist
Interior of Antwerp Cathedral
Ambrosiana Picture GalleryPinacoteca Ambrosiana
Ambrosiana Picture Gallery was created by Cardinal Federico Borromeo as part of Milan’s Biblioteca Ambrosiana, a rare early experiment in public learning: the library opened in 1609 and the gallery followed in 1618 to guide taste, devotion, and scholarship after the Council of Trent. Its small, quiet rooms bring Renaissance and Baroque painting—Raphael, Caravaggio, and Lombard masters—into conversation with Leonardo da Vinci’s Milanese legacy, including Portrait of a Musician . For many Milanese, the Ambrosiana is as much civic memory as museum.
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