BEATRICE D’ESTE, LEONARDO E IL RINASCIMENTO LOMBARDO: ANEDDOTI STORICI E RIVENDICAZIONE MUNICIPALE NELLA MILANO OTTOCENTESCA

Sonia Maffei

Abstract


Abstract
The essay focuses on the role of anecdotes about the life of Leonardo da Vinci used
by Milan’s painters in Nineteenth century. The history painting created a specifically
narrative and celebrated the myth of Milan during the age o the Sforzas and Leonardo’s
genius, to nourish the myth of “moral capital” in post-Unification Italy. Giuseppe
Bertini’s, work Leonardo Leonardo painting the portrait of Beatrice d’Este, is used as a
case study.


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