The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, although originally intended as a private home, not a gallery, has an interesting collection of Italian Renaissance paintings. A few are from the
Trecento/14th century and the
Seicento/17th century, but most date to the
Quattrocento/15th century, or the
Cinquecento/16th century. They include: •
S. Giustina de’ Borromeis,
Giovanni Bellini, c. 1475 •
Beatified Lorenzo Giustiniani,
Gentile Bellini, c. 1470, in its original frame •
Christ in Majesty, Virgin, Christ Child and Saints,
Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli, aka Giampietrino, 1540s (painter inspired by
Leonardo da Vinci) •
S. Francis, S. John the Baptist,
Bernardo Zenale, c. 1507 (painter inspired by
Leonardo da Vinci) •
S. Francis and S. Mary Magdalen; the Prophet Isaiah,
Lorenzo di Niccolò, active in Florence between 1391 and 1412, originally found in the Medici Chapel of
Santa Croce, Florence • Four allegorical figures,
Andrea Lilio, oil on canvas, 1640s == DEMHIST ==