CONTENTS OF VOLUME I THE GENIUS OF LEONARDO-HIS CHILDHOOD HIS FAMILY-SER PIERO-FIRST STUDIES AND EARLIEST ATTEMPTS-IN VERROCCHIO'S STUDIO-METHODS OF TEACHING HIS FELLOW-STUDENTS: PERUGINO, LORENZO DI CREDI, ATALANTE FIRST ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS: THE SHIELD-THE MEDUSA PICTURES ASCRIBED TO LEONARDO- THE ANNUNCIATION" OF THE LOUVRE AND "THE ANNUNCIATION" OF THE UFFIZI--THE PORTRAIT OF BANDINI BARONCELLI LODOVICO IL MORO AND BEATRICE D'ESTE-THE COURT OF THE SFORZI-PRINCES, HUMANISTS, AND SCHOLARS THE MILANESE SCHOOL-LEONARDO'S PRECURSORS LEONARDO'S DÉBUT AT THE COURT OF MILAN-HIS PROGRAMME-THE EQUES- TRIAN STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA-LEONARDO AS A SCULPTOR-HIS INFLU- I-44 45-60 61-88 89-140 141-160 LEONARDO'S ACADEMY-HIS WRITINGS ON ART-FRA LUCA PACIOLI AND THE 225-256 STUDY OF DRAPERY. (Windsor Library) III. STUDY FOR A HEAD OF THE VIRGIN, ASCRIBED TO LEONARDO (The Uffizi, 16 48 56 IV. STUDY FOR A HEAD OF THE VIRGIN, ASCRIBED TO LEONARDO (Windsor Library) V. BUST OF SCIPIO. SCHOOL OF LEONARDO. (M. Paul Rattier's Collection) . . 158 VI. FIRST IDEA FOR "THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS" (Duke of Devonshire's 170 VIII. "THE LAST SUPPER." (Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan) PORTRAIT OF LEONARDO DA VINCI, by Himself. (Royal Library, Turin.) Frontispiece THE ANGELS FROM VERROCCHIO'S PICTURE OF THE (6 (The Angel on the right by Leonardo, the Angel on the left by Verrocchio.) (Accademia delle belle Arti, Florence.) STUDY OF AN OLD MAN. (The Uffizi, Florence.) STUDIES OF INFANTS (FOR THE "SAINT ANNE"). (Musée Condé, Chantilly.) STUDY OF A YOUTH (FOR THE Paris). . THE CHILD WITH A DOLPHIN, BY VERROCCHIO. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.) BUST OF COLLEONE, BY VERROCCHIO. (Piazza di SS. Giovanni e Paoli, Venice.) HEAD OF A SAINT, BY PERUGINO. (Church of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi, STUDY OF A HORSEMAN (ASCRIBED TO VERROCCHIO). STUDY OF A HORSEMAN (ASCRIBED TO VERROCCHIO).. THREE DANCERS. (Accademia, Venice.) SKETCH, SCHOOL OF VERROCCHIO. (The Louvre.) HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, FROM VERROCCHIO'S "BAPTISM OF CHRIST." (Acca- STUDY FOR THE “ADORATION OF THE MAGI." (Bonnat Collection, Paris.) SKETCH OF BARONCELLI. (Bonnat Collection, Paris.) PORTRAIT OF A WARRIOR. (Malcolm Collection, British Museum.) STUDY FOR THE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI." (The Uffizi, Florence.) PAGE THE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI," BY FILIPPINO LIPPI. (The Uffizi, Florence.) . . . STUDY FOR THE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI.” (The Louvre. Formerly in the Galichon Collection.) . . 64 65 THE MADONNA OF THE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI." (Fragment from the Cartoon.) 68 . 72 So 81 HEAD OF CHRIST. (Accademia, Venice.) 88 FRONTISPIECE OF THE "ANTIQUARIE PROSPETTISCHE." A MILANESE MINIATURE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY (FRONTISPIECE OF “ISTORIA DEL DUCA FRANCESCO SFORZA," BY G. SIMONETTA). (British Museum.) 89 STUDY OF A HORSE. (Windsor Library.) THE PORTRAIT OF IPPOLITA VISCONTI, BY BERNARDINO LUINI. (Monastero Maggiore, Maria del Popolo, Rome.). .. TOMB OF CARDINAL ASCANIO SFORZA, BY ANDREA SANSOVINO. (Church of Santa 97 100 PORTRAIT OF THE POET BELLINCIONI. (From an Engraving of 1493) IOI BIANCA MARIA SFORZA. (From a Drawing by G. M. Cavalli.) (Accademia, Venice.) 104 108 MARSHAL TRIVULZIO. FROM A PLAQUE ASCRIBED TO CARADOSSO. 109 I12 "THE MARTYRDOM OF S. SEBASTIAN," BY VICENZO FOPPA. (The Brera, Milan.) 113 117 "THE CRUCIFIXION," BY MONTORFANO. (Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.). 120 A BEGGAR OR CONVICT. EQUESTRIAN BAS-RELIEF BY LEONARDO DA PRATO (1511). e Paolo, Venice.) . . . PORTRAIT OF GIAN GALEAZZO SFORZA, BY V. FOPPA. (Wallace Museum, London.) (Windsor Library.) (Library of Christ Church College, Oxford.) FRIEZE BY CARADOSSO. (Church of San Satiro, Milan.) STUDY FOR THE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI." (The Valton Collection, Paris.) STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN. (Windsor Library.) . STUDIES OF HORSES. (Windsor Library.) EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GATTAMELATA, BY DONATELLO, AT PADUA STUDIES FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA. (Windsor Library, reproduced from Dr. Richter's Book.) . 145 148 149 STUDIES OF HORSES. (Windsor Library.) 152 STUDY FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA. (Windsor Library. 153 STUDY FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA. STUDY FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA. (Windsor Library. STUDY OF HORSES. (Windsor Library.) .. A FIGURE FOR THE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI." (Bonnat Collection, Paris.) THE "VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS." (National Gallery, London.) . STUDY FOR THE "VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS." (Christ Church Library, Oxford.) PAGE 161 161 164 165 168 169 172 173 STUDY FOR THE INFANT S. JOHN THE BAPTIST. (The Louvre.) 176 CHILD PLAYING WITH A CAT. (Windsor Library.) . 176 FIRST IDEA FOR "THE LAST SUPPER." (Windsor Library.) 177 FIRST IDEA FOR "THE LAST SUPPER." (The Louvre.) 177 LODOVICO IL MORO GRANTING A CHARTER TO THE PRIOR OF SANTA MARIA DELLE 180 RIGHT SIDE. (In its present state.) STUDY FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE oF FR. SFORZA. (Windsor Library.) THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE AT MILAN FIRST IDEA FOR "THE LAST SUPPER." (Accademia, Venice.) (In its present state.). "THE LAST SUPPER." RIGHT SIDE. (In its present state.) THE CASTLE OF MILAN. FROM A SIXTEENTH CENTURY DRAWING DESIGN FOR A LIGHTHOUSE. (Reproduced from Dr. Richter's work.) Collection, the Louvre.) PLAN OF A PAVILION FOR THE DUCHESS OF MILAN. STUDY FOR A STANDING FIGURE. (Library of the Institut de France.) . A MUSE (?). FROM AN ENGRAVING ASCRIBED TO LEONARDO. (British Museum.) HEAD OF A WOMAN. FROM AN ENGRAVING ASCRIBED TO LEONARDO. (British 181 (Convent of S. Apollonia at 184 185 188 189 192 193 196 197 200 201 204 (Vallardi 205 STUDY OF A HEAD. FACSIMILE OF AN ENGRAVING AFTER LEONARDO 220 STUDIES FOR THE STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA. FROM AN ENGRAVING ASCRIBED 221 DESIGN FOR A CHURCH WITH A CENTRAL CUPOLA. (Library of the Institut de France.) 224 MODELS OF WEAPONS, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE. (The Valton Collection, Paris.). 225 STUDY FOR THE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI." (British Museum) 225 ENGRAVING OF INTERLACED ORNAMENT, INSCRIBED "ACADEMIA LEONARDI VINCI.” (The Ambrosiana, Milan.). 228 ENGRAVING OF INTERLACED ORNAMENT, INSCRIBED "ACADEMIA LEONARDI VINCI.” (The Ambrosiana, Milan.) 229 SKETCH IN THE "TRATTATO DELLA PITTURA." (Vatican Library.). 230 231 ENGRAVING OF INTERLACED ORNAMENT, INSCRIBED ACADEMIA LEONARDI VINCI." HEAD OF AN OLD MAN CROWNED WITH LAUREL. (Windsor Library.) SKETCH IN THE 66 233 234 234 235 235 |