220px, ''The Holy Family with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist'' by Cesare Magni, Attingham Park, Shropshire
Cesare Magni or Magno (14951534) was an Italian painter of the
Leonardeschi
The Leonardeschi were the large group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci. They were artists of Italian Renaissance painting, although his influence extended to many countries within Europe.
As a t ...
school. He was born and died in
Milan
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, and was an illegitimate son of Francesco Magni, a member of a well-known family of that city.
In 2025 the Italian art magazine ''
Artribune'' published an article in which it is hypothesized that a small chapel near Milan, San Galdino in
Zelo Surrigone, built within 1518, may have been Cesare Magni's first work. Proof of that could be the Magni coat of arms painted in the frescoed vault.
Works
*''
St Apollonia'' (1526, untraced), for
Santa Maria presso San Celso
Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso is a church and a sanctuary in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy.
History and overview
The construction was begun by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono and Giovanni Battagio in 1493, to house a miraculous icon of th ...
, Milan
*''Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with
St Peter and
St Jerome
Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.
He is best known for his translation of the Bible i ...
'' (1530,
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan)
* ''The Holy Family with
St Elizabeth and
St John'' (1530,
National Trust
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The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the ...
,
Attingham Park)
*''Crucifixion'' (1531,
Vigevano Cathedral
Vigevano Cathedral (, ''Cattedrale di Sant'Ambrogio'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Ambrose and located in the Piazza Ducale of Vigevano, Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Vigevano. The present building dates from the 16t ...
)
*''Virgin and Child with
St Peter Martyr and
St Vincent Ferrer'' (1531, San Biagio,
Codogno)
*Fresco, ''St Martin and St George'' (1533,
Madonna dei Miracoli, Saronno)
*Fresco, ''Virgin and Child with St Sebastian and St Roch'' (1533, Berlin), for the oratory of San Rocco, Codogno
References
External links
''Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman'' exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Cesare Magni (see index)
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Year of birth unknown
1534 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Renaissance painters
Painters from Milan
Pupils and followers of Leonardo da Vinci