Leonardo Da Vinci

Observe OF A NEW SELFPORTRAIT OF LEONARDO DA VINCI!(This image can now be found in colour at the Affirm Gallery in Washington.)In the course of my research for the book "Who is Mona Lisa? In search of her person" I investigated not only the frontier of arms, clear symbols or emblems and colours hand-me-down by the unequal Italian dynasties of the 15th and 16th century, but to boot the hundreds of books of plates in which one can become aware of the serious portraits from this period. So over 95% of these portraits are unidentified, undated and motion picture no information about the disposition depicted, art historians donate devise mistakes (and take through mistakes) formerly attributing a depict to a painter, go out with or section.The new depict of Leonardo da Vinci, which was highlighted in the company of 1475 and 1480 and can be found in Washington, The Affirm Gallery of Art, was improperly recognized to the Italian painter Cariani (+ 1547), to the same degree Cariani hand-me-down the precise sort of upbringing for his portraits. Cariani apparently knew this sense painting and was inspired by the vast master, bar his ability was not similar to that of Leonardo da Vinci. The subsequent is in his self-portrait not only wearing clothes be attracted to the run of that time (nation who may perhaps do without it), we to boot tattle that he was very questioning in the study of embroidery in the 70s of the 15th century. So, in this depict you see in the upbringing not only a peep out of the interval, you to boot see a wall upon which a cloth is showcase his vast relate to in the study of embroidery. By the way, it apparently was long-established for the pupils of Andrea del Verrocchio to paint a self-portrait. We to boot take self-portraits of Pietro Perugino (+ 1523) and Lorenzo di Credi (+ 1537). Fig. 2: Portraits of Leonardo da VinciIn the paintings of Come into view 2 you can see what Leonardo da Vinci looks be attracted to. These portraits were highlighted by Leonardo da Vinci`s master Andrea del Verrocchio (+ 1488), co-workers of his master be attracted to Botticelli (+ 1510) and Francesco Botticini (+ 1498), and his own contacts and/or students. Fig. 3: Leonardo's grandfather Antonio da VinciThe drawing (Come into view 3), which is regarded to be a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, is mindlessly not a depict of the vast master. It depicts a very old man. Leonardo da Vinci didn't take the mountain to extend this age. The drawing in fact depicts Leonardo's grandfather Antonio da Vinci (1373-1469). Assured art historians more readily through the askew imagine that Leonardo da Vinci obligation take dull very in haste. The generation of the vast master described his looks very exactingly, but they didn't speak well of this phenomenon. In the support book "Leonardo - des Meisters Gem"alde und Zeichnungen in 360 Abbildungen. Reihe: Klassiker der Kunst in Gesamtausgaben. 37. Bd. Stuttgart und Berlin 1931" you become aware of the message (on piece 398) that this depict was indisputably through at the genesis of the 90s of the 15th century. Leonardo was at that time not constant 40 days old. The vast painter through specific help drawings of his blood relation and/or his uncle Francesco (Come into view 4, Come into view 5, Come into view 6, Come into view 7 and Come into view 8) Fig. 4: Ser Piero da Vinci Fig. 5: Francesco da Vinci by the protruding slim lip quality for his inborn Fig. 6: Ser Piero da Vinci Fig. 7: Francesco da Vinci (drawing by Leonardo da Vinci) Fig. 8: Ser Piero da Vinci (drawing by Leonardo da Vinci)" Fig. 9: The youthful pale dog [horrendous image]Still, not only is the equality of the disposition in Come into view 1 by the other portraits of Leonardo extensive, near is help preview that this disposition is the vast master himself: The youthful pale dog, which was either Leonardo's dog or the dog of his master Andrea del Verrocchio (+ 1488). A youthful pale dog can to boot be seen in the painting "Tobias and the angel" (Come into view 9, deceased picture, and require picture detail), which was through in the exercise of Andrea del Verrocchio. The dog in this painting was depicted by Leonardo da Vinci according to the art historian David Alan Tanned (see his book: Leonardo da Vinci - Lineage of a expert. New Protect and London 1998). This youthful dog can to boot be seen in the painting "Tobias and the three angels" of a assistant of Andrea del Verrocchio, Francesco Botticini. The dog can be found on the deceased side of the Seraph Michael, who is not a bit else than Leonardo da Vinci himself.Leonardo was whispered to take had a big pedestal for birds. His generation described how he liked to go to the markets and buy youthful natural world in slight youthful cages. He later went all-embracing of the cities to vacant their cages and motion picture them wager their announcement. In his habitat near were ad infinitum a lot of dogs and cats to be found. Impart are many drawings through by the vast master that show them jumping and rolling. Leonardo to boot avoided to eat central part, at token as an long-standing man.When vetting the area by means of the interval of this depict painting, you can see the substantial consider of the Mugello by its hills and mountains. Not far in the opening you can discover the rural community of Fiesole. That is where the complex Florentine league, by means of one uncle of Leonardo da Vinci, had their summer houses, and where they finished the horrendously hot summer months. When Leonardo visited Florence, he evenly lived by his uncle. Adjoining, on Monte Ceceri, he carried out his famous flight experiments.Can it be that this new depict of Leonardo da Vinci is the precise depict mentioned by Giorgio Vasari in his famous book "Lives of seventy of the most of great magnitude Painters, Sculptors and Architects", published in 1568, formerly he speaks about Francesco Melzi, the love apprentice and successor of Leonardo da Vinci: "... "(Francesco Melzi)" a Milanese be in charge of, who, in the time of Leonardo, was a lad of remarkable attractiveness, far off love by him, and is now a nice-looking and satisfying old man, who sets vast store by these drawings, and treasures them as residue, calm by the depict of Leonardo of saintly cushion." (in: Giorgio Vasari: Lives of seventy of the most of great magnitude Painters, Sculptors and Architects, condensed and annotated by E.H. and E.W. Blashfield and A.A. Hopkins. Vol. II. London 1897, S. 392)Addendum:1: All former sources are divulging us that Leonardo da Vinci highlighted his portraits, paintings and substantial depict drawings by the mark hand. Impart is no preview that he was left-handed. Still he was better by his deceased hand than the normal right-handed disposition. For request, Leonardo sometimes wrote his documents in mirror-writing by his deceased hand. But he never highlighted by his deceased hand! The key former clearly for this fact is Antonio de' Beatis who was the secretary of the Cardinal Luigi d' Aragona and who profitable by his master a voyage to Leonardo da Vinci on 10th October 1517. Happily for us historians he hand-me-down to compound down everything - chiefly everything - in his diary: "On the 10th of October 1517, Monsignor "(the Cardinal Luigi d'Aragona)" and the rest of us went to see, in one of the aloof parts of Amboise, Messer Leonardo da Vinci the Florentine... the most of great magnitude painter of our time, who showed to his Stage the Cardinal three pictures; one of a computerized Florentine lord "(Pacificia Brandano or Isabella Gualanda)", highlighted from life, at the litigation of the late Giuliano de' Medici; the other of the basic St. John the Baptist; and the third of the Madonna and the Minor-league in the lap of St. Anne, the most perfect of them all. One cannot inevitable have an idea that any more to your liking work from him, as a computerized paralysis has crippled his mark hand. But he has a apprentice, a Milanese, who mechanism well passable. And bar Messer Leonardo can no longer paint by the palatability which was comical to him, he can lazy design and control others...." (in: Ludwig Goldscheider: Leonardo da Vinci. London and New York 1944 (moment release), piece 20).2: Do you miserable to see Leonardo da Vinci as an old man, later take a peep at the support figures: Fig. 10 and 10a. Albrecht D"urer jun., who was a vast ferment of Leonardo da Vinci and who saw him the last time in 1506, through him immortal as apostle Paul in his famous painting "The four apostles": Fig. 11. Unusual self-portrait of the vast painter depicting him as an long-standing man can be seen in Fig. 12. Fig. 10: Leonardo da Vinci Fig. 10a: Leonardo da Vinci Fig. 11: The four apostles: Melanchthon as apostle John, Galeazzo da Sanseverino as apostle Petrus, Martin Luther as apostle Marcus and Leonardo da Vinci as apostle Paul (from the deceased to the mark) - Leonardo da Vinci lends his facial mug to the apostle Paul who has a half-bald head; this doesn't mean that Leonardo da Vinci has to boot a half-bald head. If you miserable to tattle, how Leonardo looked be attracted to as an old man, later take a peep at Fig. 10 Fig. 12: Leonardo da Vinci and Isabella of Aragon as two apostles in the famous Wall painting of the vast painter: The Shore up SupperMORE Images OF LEONARDO ON HIS Family TREE Alert.
I Wrote The Shadowing Innocent Letter To The Affirm Gallery Of Art In Washington On 6. Imperial 2007:Finale Mr. Approve,relating to the support two help portraits at the Affirm Gallery of Art:"A Premature Man and her youthful Boy"and"Photo of a Man by a Dog" I hunch be adjacent to to compound to you once more.The first painting "A verdant person and her youthful boy" shows the eldest endorsed teen of Cosimo de' Medici and his next of kin Eleonora of Toledo, Maria de' Medici (1540-1557), and her youthful brother Antonio (1544-1548). The painting was through display 1557. Fulfill take a peep at my family-tree of the Medici in Haze, which is rather than hand-me-down in the Medici Archives and the Medici Casing in Florence.As I mentioned to you in the past, near is no inconvenience to describe the portraits of the members of the high respect to the respective members of the dynasties, once you take used to yourself by the history of the costume, the dynasties themselves and their emblems and symbols.Roughly speaking the moment painting, "Photo of a Man by a Dog", improperly recognized to Cariani, I take on paper numerous e-mails to your Gallery while 2004, but I never usual an register. Finale Mr. Approve, you may not be prudent of it, but let me fill you, the Affirm Gallery of Art is in possession of the only certain self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci! It is a be supportive that this painting has passed away in your history and does not repellent the look out it deserves.I contest why that is. Who is reliable for the stressed provenance of this painting to Cariani? Because facts is it based upon? I would be attracted to to command that disposition for a meeting on that provenance. I tattle I am mark and I can show it. I can supply a horrendous release of facts and not harmonize speculations which devise it clear that the depicted is the vast Leonardo himself. Fulfill say that for a severe meeting on this problem it is core to be inviting by the history of the costume, the history of the Revival and their dynasties, exact the Visconti and Sforza in Milan, the life of Leonardo da Vinci and the emblems and symbols of the high respect in Italy.Fulfill, clarify the support article relating to this painting of yours on my website.Craft regards, Maike Vogt-Luerssen8. Imperial 2007: I Time-honored A New Retort By Mr. Hand:"Finale Maike Vogt-Luerssen,Thank you for your mail. I take forwarded it to our curator of Italian paintings, David Alan Tanned, who donate, I hope, speedily register you."Make sense of Luxury Other Unsolved Mysteries article!Unsolved Enchanting : Greatest Interrogation Aliens In Area 51Unsolved Enchanting : De davinci code-mystery-has-been-solved