Accompanying an exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, this catalogue explores one of the most important and historically neglected art forms of Renaissance Florence: cassoni - pairs of chests that were lavishly decorated with precious metals and elaborate paintings and were often the most expensive of a whole suite of decorative objects commissioned to celebrate marriage alliances between powerful families.

L'a. esamina la produzione di Madonne a mezza figura nello studio di Leonardo durante gli anni novanta del XV secolo affrontando la questione di quanto il lavoro degli allievi rifletta le idee ed i modelli del maestro.

A new examination of Leonardo's career that illuminates his time as court painter to the Duke of Milan, an experience that fundamentally changed his outlook and his legacy