In a press conference on wednesday, March 26th, to be held in Milan, at the new Press Club (Palazzo Bocconi, C.so Venezia, 48) will present the exhibition “Leonardeschi. Da Foppa a Giampietrino: dipinti dall’Ermitage di San Pietroburgo e dai Musei Civici di Pavia” sponsored by the Municipality of Pavia, Musei Civici of Pavia, the State Hermitage Museum, by Banca del Monte di Lombardia Foundation and by Pavia Città Internazionale dei Saperi Association, in collaboration with Ermitage Italia Foundation and University of Pavia.
For the first time, the State Hermitage Museum provides an important core of the sixteenth century Lombard paintings, 22 works from his collection, many of which were considered until the nineteenth century original works by Leonardo. These, together with many paintings of Pavia collections will lead the visitor to discover how the Tuscan Master has determined and made possible new artistic developments in Lombardy; a new season where followers and imitators of the Master acquired, interpreted and spread the new artistic style created by Leonardo.