The Madonna Litta, one of the most famous paintings in the world and masterpiece of the Ermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, has a Milanese origin.
It comes from one of the most important Milanese private collections of the 19th Century, hence its own name.
The most famous painting is now displayed next to another work from the Litta Collection, the Madonna della Rosa by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, the best of Leonardo’s pupils in Milan. Through the comparison with other fine painting and drawings, it will be possible to reconstruct Leonardo’s Milanese workshop activity in the late 15th Century and the relationship between Leonardo and his pupils.