Madonna of the Towers

Painting by Bramantino

Madonna of the Towers (c. 1505–1519) by Bramantino

Madonna of the Towers (Italian: Madonna delle Torri) is a painting in tempera on panel of c. 1505–1519 by the Italian Renaissance painter and architect Bramantino, produced after his return from Rome.[1] Previously in the church of San Michele alla Chiusa in Milan, in 1872 it was donated by Lodovico Melzi d'Eril to the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in the same city, where it still hangs.[2]

To the left is Saint Ambrose of Milan and to the right the Archangel Michael, with Arius and the Devil at their feet respectively. Some 17th-century additions in the sky and the towers behind the angels are still to be seen, though a tripartite frame was removed in 1956.

## References

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1. ^ G. Agosti and J. Stoppa in Bramantino a Milano, Milan 2012, p. 164
2. ^ "Article on the work".

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Bramantino

Paintings|

* Adoration of the Christ Child (c. 1485)
* Christus Dolens (c. 1490)
* Pietà (c. 1475–1500)
* Noli me tangere (c. 1498–1500)
* Adoration of the Kings (c. 1500)
* Madonna and Child with a Man (c. 1503–1504)
* Kleinberger Madonna (before 1508)
* Palazzo della Ragione Madonna (c. 1509–1510)
* Crucifixion (c. 1510–1512)
* Madonna of the Towers (c. 1505–1519)
* Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c. 1515–1520)
* Madonna and Child with Eight Saints (c. 1515–1520)

Related|

* Donato Bramante (architecture master)
* Church of San Sepolcro, Milan (frescoes)
* Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan (contains a fresco by Bramantino)

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