Bramantino. The Renaissance in Lombardy

This volume by Mauro Natale devoted to Bartolomeo Suardi called Bramantino, one of the most emblematic personalities of the northern Italian Renaissance, covers the whole of the artist's cultural and creative trajectory. It follows a logical chronological sequence, which is also novel compared to the proposals put forward by scholars to date. Beginning with his collaboration with the architect and painter Donato Bramante - from whom he took the surname by which he is still known today - it concludes with his last known works, including the Flight into Egypt in the Santuario della Madonna del Sasso at Orselina in Ticino.
Alongside illustrations of Bramantino's masterpieces - from prestigious institutions including the National Gallery, London, the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid and the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan - there are works by artists who were Bramantino's contemporaries, first and foremost Bernardo Zenale, and by those who were the heirs of his artistic legacy, such as Bernardino Luini and Gaudenzio Ferrari.
Bramantino's oeuvre is also set against paintings, drawings, miniatures, sculptures and gold-work, which highlight the central role played by this artist and evoke some of the trends in the Lombard figurative culture during the period of the Italian Wars and the French Occupation (1499-1525).