A Treatise on Painting

by da Vinci Leonardo

[ [i103] Libreria Nani, 4to. Ven. 1776. Venturi, 44.

[ [i104] Gori Simbolæ literar. Flor. 1751, vol. viii. p. 66. Venturi, 44.

[ [i105] See his Traité des Pratiques Geometrales et Perspectives, 8vo. Paris, 1665.

[ [i106] P. 128.

[i107] P. 134.

[ [i108] He observed criminals when led to execution (Lett. Pitt. vol. ii. p. 182; on the authority of Lomazzo); noted down any countenance that struck him (Vasari, 29); in forming the animal for the shield, composed it of parts selected from different real animals (Vasari, p. 27); and when he wanted characteristic heads, resorted to Nature (Lett. Pitt. vol. ii. p. 181). All which methods are recommended by him in the course of the Treatise on Painting.

[ [i109] Du Fresne.

[ [i110] Venturi, 35, in a note.

[i111] Vasari, 23.

[i112] Vasari, 24.