Antonio Cicognara is recorded as working as an illuminator in Cremona in the early 1480s and later as working there on panels and murals. His earliest signed work is a Madonna and Child of 1480 (Ferrara, Pinacoteca).
Antonio Cicognara
active 1480 - 1500
Paintings by Antonio Cicognara
Probably by Antonio Cicognara
Christ sits upon a tree trunk, sheltered within a building that looks like a small chapel with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. He wears the crown of thorns, which was placed upon his head before the Crucifixion. Around his neck is a looped rope, a reminder of the Flagellation (when he was tied up and w...
Not on display