. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. ookpupils to live with must picture him asliving an independentlife, except at such timesas he mingled with thecrowd of courtiers whoaccompanied Sforza onhis incessant peregrina-tions to Pavia, to Vige-vano, to the would even appear,judging from the roughdraft of a letter publishedby Amoretti, that Leo-nardo was sometimeswhole months withoutseeing his patron. Itake the liberty —such is the gist of the letter, which is unfortunately incomplete— toremind your Grace of my humble affairs. You have forgotten me, 1 II Moro
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. ookpupils to live with must picture him asliving an independentlife, except at such timesas he mingled with thecrowd of courtiers whoaccompanied Sforza onhis incessant peregrina-tions to Pavia, to Vige-vano, to the would even appear,judging from the roughdraft of a letter publishedby Amoretti, that Leo-nardo was sometimeswhole months withoutseeing his patron. Itake the liberty —such is the gist of the letter, which is unfortunately incomplete— toremind your Grace of my humble affairs. You have forgotten me, 1 II Moro cogl occhiali e la Invidia colla falsa Infamia dipinta, e la Giustitia nerapel Moro. II Moro in figura di Ventura colli cappelli e panni e mani inanzi, e MesserGualtieri con riverente atto lo piglia per li panni da basso, venendoli dalla parte la Povertk in figura spaventevole corra clietro a un giovinetto, el Moro lo copracol lembo dellaveste, e colla verga dorata minacia cotale mostro. (Amoretti, pp. , vol. i. p. 350.). STUDY OF A YOUNG WOM (Windsor Library.) 122 LEONARDO DA VINCI affirming that my silence is the cause of your displeasure But mylife is at your service ; I am continually ready to obey, etc. Assuredly these Italian courts of the fifteenth century had moreregard for talent than for birth ; it would, indeed, have been absurd inupstarts like the Sforzi to have laid great stress on length of , it was essential, if talent was to shine, and command theattention of the ruler, that it should be supplemented by polishedmanners, fluent speech, and a ready wit; herein it was that the causticBramante excelled, and we learn from the Cortigiano of BaldassareCastiglione that another artist at Lodovicos court, Gian CristoforoRomano, was not less brilliant in conversation. Leonardo did not possess the gift of putting his ideas into con-crete form to the same extent ; he had more fancy than imagina-tion ; his creations, with a few rar
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