The Portrait of a Musician is the only Leonardo panel painting left in Milan. Traditionally it was thought that it portrayed Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan, but when the restorations of 1905 eliminated the repainting and made the hand with the musical scroll re-emerge in the lower part, we began to talk about the portrait of a Musician, now identified with Franchino Gaffurio ( chapel master of the Milan Cathedral), now with the Franco-Flemish cantor Josquin des Prez, both present at the Moro court. More recently, the hypothesis has been advanced that it is Atalante Migliorotti, a Tuscan musician and friend of Leonardo, who came with him to Milan as a singer and skilled lyre player.
Title: Portrait of a Musician
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Date: 1485
Technique: Oil on the table
Displayed in: Ambrosiana Art Gallery
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