CHAPTER X 



LOMBARDY 



Foppa, ViNCENZO FopPA has painted swallows on the cornice 



c. 1425-1492 ^^^ rafters of the dismantled building under whose 

 shadow the Adoration of the Kings takes place (National 

 Gallery). In comparison with Crivelli's swallow they 

 are feebly realised. Sheep feed on the steep hillside, 

 and two of the riders in the train of the kings have 

 hawks on their wrists. 

 Luini, The backgrounds of Bernardino Luini's larger com- 



positions are made interesting by his constant use of the 

 animal motive. In the Adoration of the Magi (Louvre) 

 there is a camel amongst the horses of the distant 

 retinue. In a more crowded rendering of the same 

 subject (Saronno, Sta. Maria dei Miracoli) he has 

 painted Lorenzo's giraffe in the cavalcade. Here the 

 rendering is on the whole faithful, and the reticulated 

 protective markings, like sunlight thrown through a 

 trellis of boughs, are well brought out. There are 

 camels also here, as in the Israelites leaving Egypt 

 (Milan, Brera). The giraffe also appears in a picture 



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c. 1475-1533 



