[Plate 1—MONA LISA. In the Louvre. No. 1601. 2 ft 6 ½ ins. By 1 ft. 9 ins.(0.77 x 0.53)]
LEONARDO DA VINCI
By MAURICE W. BROCKWELL
Illustrated With Eight Reproductions in Colour
"Leonardo," wrote an English critic as far back as 1721, "was a Man so happy in his genius, so consummate in his Profession, so accomplished in the Arts, so knowing in the Sciences, and withal, so much esteemed by the Age wherein he lived, his Works so highly applauded by the Ages which have succeeded, and his Name and Memory still preserved with so much Veneration by the present Age—that, if anything could equal the Merit of the Man, it must be the Success he met with. Moreover, 'tis not in Painting alone, but in Philosophy, too, that Leonardo surpassed all his Brethren of the 'Pencil.'"
This admirable summary of the great Florentine painter's life's work still holds good to-day.
CONTENTS
[His Birth]
[His Early Training]
[His Early Works]
[First Visit to Milan]
[In the East]
[Back in Milan]
[The Virgin of the Rocks]
[The Last Supper]
[The Court of Milan]
[Leonardo Leaves Milan]
[Mona Lisa]
[Battle of Anghiari]
[Again in Milan]
[In Rome]
[In France]
[His Death]
[His Art]
[His Mind]
[His Maxims]
[His Spell]
[His Descendants]ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate
I. [Mona Lisa]
In the Louvre
II. [Annunciation]
In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
III. [Virgin of the Rocks]
In the National Gallery, London
IV. [The Last Supper]
In the Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
V. [Copy of the Last Supper]
In the Diploma Gallery, Burlington House
VI. [Head of Christ]
In the Brera Gallery, Milan
VII. [Portrait (presumed) of Lucrezia Crivelli]
In the Louvre
VIII. [Madonna, Infant Christ, and St Anne].
In the Louvre