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Due to the health emergency, the Library is closed from January 18, 2021 until further notice.
19/01/2021
NEWS
This artwork was one of Cardinal Federico’s favourites, and he wanted it to be shown very prominently in the Ambrosiana collection. In his treatise Musaeum published in 1625, a fundamental document for the history of the original collection, Borromeo himself stated that the model for this panel was the cartoon by Leonardo, now in the National Gallery in London, from which Luini possibly made a partial tracing. To the composition made by the Tuscan genius, Luini added the figure of Saint Joseph to the left of the Virgin.
Due to the health emergency, the Library is closed from January 18, 2021 until further notice.
In compliance with the latest government provisions, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana remains closed to the public until further notice.