. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. ,dark, deep, and limpid, is put in with a rich, generous brush. Thepainting is firm rather than fused, but the firmness is fat andluscious. Leonardo has worked a miracle, and painted a portraitwhile creating a type. The admirably modelled head combines certaindefects—a turned-up nose, slightly atrophied—with beauties thatdisarm criticism ; a tender, almost voluptuous mouth, a long veiled 1 According to the Cicerone (Burckhardt), this is a portrait of the young Gian GaleazzoSforza, II Moros nephew, the lawful ruler of Milan. But besides
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. ,dark, deep, and limpid, is put in with a rich, generous brush. Thepainting is firm rather than fused, but the firmness is fat andluscious. Leonardo has worked a miracle, and painted a portraitwhile creating a type. The admirably modelled head combines certaindefects—a turned-up nose, slightly atrophied—with beauties thatdisarm criticism ; a tender, almost voluptuous mouth, a long veiled 1 According to the Cicerone (Burckhardt), this is a portrait of the young Gian GaleazzoSforza, II Moros nephew, the lawful ruler of Milan. But besides the fact that theapparent age of the sitter does not agree with that of the young Duke, the face shows notrace of resemblance to the refined and fragile Gian Galeazzo, as known to us byCaradossos exquisite little medal. Signer Morelli attributes the male portrait in theAmbrosiana to the anonymous painter of the Virgin of the .Rocks in the National Galleryof London. {Die Galerie Borgiiese, p. 235.) I confess that my connoisseurship doesnot go so background slight MEKCLKV OR ARGUS. A FRESCO BY BRAMAXTK (). (The C-islle of Milan.) XI 11Portrait of a younj; Princess. (thR AMaeOMANA, Mil AN.)
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