The ''Luzzago Altarpiece'' is a 1542 oil on canvas painting by

Moretto da Brescia Alessandro Bonvicino (also Buonvicino) (possibly 22 December 1554), more commonly known as Moretto, or in Italian Il Moretto da Brescia (the Moor of Brescia), was an Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked. His ...

, now in the

Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo The Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo is a public art museum in Brescia, Lombardy. Established in 1851, the museum exhibits mainly paintings by local artists dated from the Thirteenth through the Eighteenth century. The museum's current collection in ...

in Brescia. It was recorded in San Giuseppe church in Brescia in 1630 and moved to its present home in 1868.Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, pag. 383 In the lower register

Michael the Archangel Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

points the kneeling donor to the Madonna and Child above, whilst

Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

stands to the right with a cross.

References

Bibliography

* Giulio Antonio Averoldi, ''Le scelte pitture di Brescia additate al forestiere'', Brescia 1700 * Paolo Brognoli, ''Nuova Guida di Brescia'', Brescia 1826 *Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, ''A history of painting in North Italy'', Londra 1871 * Bernardino Faino, ''Catalogo Delle Chiese riuerite in Brescia, et delle Pitture et Scolture memorabili, che si uedono in esse in questi tempi'', Brescia 1630 * Gustavo Frizzoni, ''La Pinacoteca comunale Martinengo in Brescia'' in "Archivio storico dell'arte", Brescia 1889 *György Gombosi, ''Moretto da Brescia'', Basel 1943 * Francesco Paglia, ''Il Giardino della Pittura'', Brescia 1675 * Gaetano Panazza, ''I Civici Musei e la Pinacoteca di Brescia'', Bergamo 1958 * Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, ''Alessandro Bonvicino - Il Moretto da Brescia'', Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988 * Carlo Ridolfi, ''Le maraviglie dell'arte Ouero le vite de gl'illvstri pittori veneti, e dello stato. Oue sono raccolte le Opere insigni, i costumi, & i ritratti loro. Con la narratione delle Historie, delle Fauole, e delle Moralità da quelli dipinte'', Brescia 1648 Paintings in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo Paintings by Moretto da Brescia Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Moretto da Brescia 1542 paintings Paintings of Francis of Assisi Paintings of Michael (archangel) Altarpieces {{16C-painting-stub