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An Angel in Red with a Lute
Giovanni Ambrogio de Predisabout 1495-9
The National Gallery, London
London, United Kingdom
This painting, together with 'An Angel in Green with a Vielle' came from the same altarpiece as 'The Virgin of the Rocks' by Leonardo.
Leonardo is likely to have played some part in the design but the execution is by an associate.
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Details
- Title: An Angel in Red with a Lute
- Creator: Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
- Date Created: about 1495-9
- Physical Dimensions: 118.8 x 61 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on poplar
- School: Italian
- More Info: Explore the National Gallery’s paintings online
- Artist Dates: about 1455 - 1510
- Artist Biography: Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (or Preda) is recorded from 1482 when in the employment of Lodovico il Moro, Duke of Milan; in 1483 he was named in the contract for the Virgin of the Rocks (Leonardo NG 1093; he may have painted NG 1661) with his brother Evangelista (who died in 1490 or soon afterwards). From 1493 Giovanni Ambrogio worked for Emperor Maximilian I, and was strongly influenced by Leonardo.
- Acquisition Credit: Bought, 1898
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