Vinciana in Milano

​La Vergine delle Rocc
The Cenacolo [the Last Supper] at Santa Maria delle Grazie and the Cartone for Sant'Anna at the Ambrosiana
The Highlights of the Codice Atlantico at the Ambrosiana
Theories regarding The Musician, attributed to Leonardo, his only extant male portrait, at the Ambrosiana
The Real Leonardo
The Sforza Monument and the Colossal Cavallo
The Manuscripts
The Designs
Leonardo as Architect in Milano
Leonardo as Engineer--The Fantastic Macchine
The Inheritance of Leonardo in Lombardia

​The Leonardeschi

​Medieval Milan & Pavia

To understand the artistic setting in which Leonardo lived and worked during his quarter century in the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza and King Louis XII (who captured Milan)
 
Three to five of Milan's greatest Old Masters Galleries, with a personal meeting and-or lunch/aperitivo with their owner-directors.
Select trattoria for wonderful risotto zafferano or osso bucco, Cova for coffee, Peck for your wines-- the best of Milanese culinary specialties throughout the day.
Seventeen Roman, Langobard and Medieval masterpieces within San Lorenzo Maggiore, San Eustorgio, San Ambrogio, San Simpliciano and the Duomo of Milan
The "Sistine Chapel of Milan"--the frescoes of San Maurizio by Bernardino Luini
The incomparable sculptures of Bambaii at the Castello Sforzesco
The Byzantine Cross of the Duomo Museum
The Certosa of Pavia, one hour from Milan, considered by many to be the most beautiful building in Italy
The Certosa of Garegnano, about twenty minutes outside of Milan, a little-known fresco cycle masterpiece by Daniele Crespi. 


            
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Villa Melzi Valpia d'Adda

A visit to the private residence of the Melzi family where Leonardo lived for two years as the guest of the family of Francesco Melzi.  It is here that the latter compiled the notes of the painter into his Trattora della Pittura