Cesare Magni Explained

thumb|220px|The Holy Family with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist by Cesare Magni, Attingham Park, Shropshire

Cesare Magni or Magno (14951534) was an Italian painter of the Leonardeschi school. He was born and died in Milan, and was an illegitimate son of Francesco Magni, a member of a well-known family of that city.^{[1] [2]}

Works

• St Apollonia (1526, untraced), for Santa Maria presso San Celso, Milan
• Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Peter and St Jerome (1530, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan) ^[3]
• The Holy Family with St Elizabeth and St John (1530, National Trust, Attingham Park) ^[4]
• Crucifixion (1531, Vigevano Cathedral)
• Virgin and Child with St Peter Martyr and St Vincent Ferrer (1531, San Biagio, Codogno)
• Fresco, St Martin and St George (1533, Madonna dei Miracoli, Saronno)
• Fresco, Virgin and Child with St Sebastian and St Roch (1533, Berlin), for the oratory of San Rocco, Codogno

External links

• Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman, exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Cesare Magni (see index)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cesare Magni. testi-italiani.it. Italian. 5 January 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20150105204608/http://testi-italiani.it/cesare_magni. 5 January 2015.
2. Web site: Magni, Cesare . treccani.it, L'enciclopedia Italian . Italian . 5 January 2015 .
3. Web site: Alcune ridipinture sulla tavola di Cesare Magni alla Pinacoteca Ambrosiana . academia.edu . Italian . 16 October 2013 . 5 January 2015 .
4. Web site: The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John . bbc.co.uk . 5 January 2015 .