The art of the late 16th century in Milan developed, as elsewhere, along several strands and styles summarized in Mannerism, Counter-Reformation art, and Classicism. These currents divided the city's
Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, Angelic Glory (1570-71), Foppa Chapel, Church of San Marco
Ambrogio Figino, Portrait of St. Charles Borromeo (1585), Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
The quadriporticus of the Basilica of St. Ambrose, taken as a model by Cardinal Borromeo
Vincenzo Campi, Ascension of Christ (1588), church of San Paolo Converso
Gian Paolo Lomazzo
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Gian Paolo Lomazzo was an Italian artist and writer on art. Praised as a painter, Lomazzo wrote about artistic practice and art theory after blindness compelled him to pursue a different professional
Art of the late 16th century in Milan
…heritage more or less influenced by trips to update on the models of central Italian Mannerism. Among the greatest interpreters of the Milanese school is Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo: trained in the workshop of Giovan Battista della Cerva, himself a pupil of Gaudenzio Ferrari, he began his learning by studying the models, in addition…
Self-portrait
Madonna and Saints, Church of San Marco, Milan
Lomazzo depicted on a medal by Annibale Fontana