Near the Duomo, in the oldest part of Milan, you can visit
the interesting Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, where you can admire
the “Portrait of a Musician”, painted by Leonardo
around 1480. Leonardo, himself a musician, put a sheet with
notes in the hand of the young man portrayed. Particularly
impressive are the eyes of the man, vitreous and looking-aside.
In the nearby and beautiful Biblioteca Ambrosiana is conserved
the largest and more precious of Leonardo’s Codices,
the Atlantic Codex, of which only exceptionally some sheets
are shown to the public.. You can check the website www.abrosiana.it
to see if you are fortunate enough to visit Milan during
these days.
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Portrait
of a Musician
Drawing
from the Codex Atlanticus
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