After Leonardo da Vinci, 17th Century

The Meeting of Christ and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Details

After Leonardo da Vinci, 17th Century
The Meeting of Christ and the Infant Saint John the Baptist
inscribed 'ECCE A[GNUS] DEI' (on the bandolino held by St. John)
oil on panel
22 7/8 x 27¾ in. (58.2 x 70.5 cm.)

Provenance

Marchesa Capuola Serponti-Taverna (according to an inscription on the reverse).
Dr. Giuseppe Cagnole (according to an inscription on the reverse).

Literature

P.C. Marani, 'Un'aggiunta Leonardesca al pittore di Federico Borromeo Andrea Bianchi detto il Vespino', in Arte e storia di Lombardia. Scritti in Memoria di Grazioso Sironi, Rome, 2006, pp. 273-8, fig. 1, as 'Andrea Bianchi, il Vespino'.

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Lot Essay

In a recent publication, Pietro C. Marani proposed an attribution to Andrea Bianchi, il Vespino (active Milan, c.1612-1640; op. cit.), who copied several paintings by Leonardo for Federico Borromeo, including the Last Supper and the version of the Virgin of the Rocks now in the National Gallery, London (both copies are in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan). This painting also derives from the London version of the Virgin of the Rocks, and together with the aforementioned copies testifies to the revival of Leonardo in early seventeenth century Milan.

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