BOLTRAFFIO, Giovanni Antonio
(b. ca. 1467, Milano, d. 1516, Milano)

Virgin and Child with a Flower Vase

1485-90
Panel, 46 x 36 cm
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Boltraffio was one of the first, and perhaps the most interesting, pupils of Leonardo da Vinci. The influence of the master is obvious in this early painting by Boltraffio.