Word: ambrogio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Both London and Paris proudly show an authentic Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo. The version in London's National Gallery is a later one, may have been painted in part by the master's assistants, Evangelisto and Ambrogio da Predis...
Among the most popular paintings in the show are the works of two Milanese artists who reached their peak at the beginning of the 16th century (see color page), Bernardino Butinone (active 1454-1507) and Ambrogio Fossano, known as "Il Borgognone" (circa 1450-1523). Butinone tried to combine the perspective of Florence with the mastery of light developed by the artists of Bruges. His The Last Judgment almost overcrowds the canvas with drama: the archangel is dividing the damned from the saved (including a Pope) in the foreground, while Christ sits on high in judgment, flanked by the Apostles...