Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis - Girl with Cherries[c.1491-95]

Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis - Girl with Cherries [c.1491-95], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Trained in Milan, Ambrogio de Predis was associated after 1483 with Leonardo da Vinci, with whom he collaborated. The careful study of the positions of the hands and the enigmatic, slight smile both come from Leonardo's example. The painting is sometimes thought to be by another of his followers.

[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 48.9 x 37.5 cm]