_Martino Piazza_ (Lombard: early 16th Century).
Martino and his brother Albertino were painters at Lodi,
where they worked both together and separately; there are
many altar-pieces in the churches of that place by them.
This picture is a signed work of Martino alone. The brothers
belonged to the school which was established in Milan and its
neighbourhood before the arrival of Leonardo; but in many of
Martino's work the new influence is discernible. "The curly
hair, his high finish and chiaroscuro, derived from a study of
Leonardo, are distinctive traits" (Catalogue of the Burlington
Fine Arts Club's Exhibition, 1898, p. lxxvi.).
Compare the type of countenance and form of the rocks with those in
Leonardo's picture, 1093. For the subject of this picture see under 25.