Leandro Ventura. Lorenzo Leonbruno: Un pittore a corte nella Mantova di primo Cinquecento. Rome: Bulzoni Editore, 1995. 188 illus. + 354 pp. IL 90,000. ISBN: n.a.
Abstract:ISBN: n.a. Renaissance Mantua's artistic reputation is founded on the accomplishments of outsiders summoned there by the Gonzaga. These included Pisanello, who came from Venice and Verona; Mantegna from Padua; and Giulio Romano ('the Roman')-artists whose brilliance cast a shadow over the local talent. Leandro Ventura has set out to rescue one Mantuan, Lorenzo Leonbruno (1477?-1537), from obscurity, a task made more difficult by the small number of his surviving works (here whittled down to nine traced paintin… Show more
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