Villa Vaprio
July 13, 1519
My father and mother welcomed me home.
Father gave me a northlight room, on the third floor. I will place my easel near the windows that face the Adda, face the little bridge where the Maestro used to fish for temolo.
I have hung my copy of his Mona Lisa on the entry wall and have laid his red velvet cloak over the back of a chair.
I am arranging some of his drawings on a center table.
There is ample space for his Anghiari cartoon on the inside wall. I have ordered broad shelves for his books and his small bronzes, his drawings and treatises, his brushes and pigments. I will purchase a leather box for his correspondence.
I will do what I can to bring order to his writings.
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