A Milanese Hand: The Life and Art of Giovanni Ambrogio Bevilacqua Giovanni Ambrogio Bevilacqua, affectionately known as Il Liberale – “the liberal one” – remains a fascinating, if somewhat elusive, figure in the transition between late-medieval and early Renaissance painting in Lombardy. Born in Milan around the mid-15th century to a humble carpenter, Pietro, his artistic journey was marked by both ducal patronage and a distinctly per…