Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . oriens et Critiques deRaphael (p. 133), a docu-ment in which, amongthe lavori fatti fare da]\L Giuliano Leno, therepair of the stanzetiene a Belvedere Leo-nardo da Vinci is ex-pressly mentioned. Herewe have relations welland duly proved, between the Florentine painter, living for themoment in Rome, and the superintendent of the fabric of St. Peters. If my researches have brought to light yet another individual whohad to do with Bramante, Raphael, and Leonardo, I shall consider myunusual into the realm of conjecture more than r
Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . oriens et Critiques deRaphael (p. 133), a docu-ment in which, amongthe lavori fatti fare da]\L Giuliano Leno, therepair of the stanzetiene a Belvedere Leo-nardo da Vinci is ex-pressly mentioned. Herewe have relations welland duly proved, between the Florentine painter, living for themoment in Rome, and the superintendent of the fabric of St. Peters. If my researches have brought to light yet another individual whohad to do with Bramante, Raphael, and Leonardo, I shall consider myunusual into the realm of conjecture more than repaid. Leo X. welcomed Leonardo with great cordiality, and gave him alodging in the Belvedere itself. There we find him installed in themonth of December, 1513. The story goes that the Iojje, having given him a commission fora picture, he began at once to distil herbs and oils in order to makethe varnish; whereupon Leo exclaimed, Alas! this man will do SUPPOSED PORTRAIT OF GIULIANO LENO. (, Milan.) xx Bacihii^s or .V. John. (Im- ). LEONARDO AT ROME 97 nothing, for he begins to tliink about tlx; finishing of his picturebefore he gives a thought to the cummencement ! (Vasari.) One of the Popes favourites, his Datarius, Baldassare lurini ofPescia, the close friend of Raphael, was better treated. I(jr himLeonardo painted, with an infinity of taste and care, a little picturerepresenting the Viigin /io/(ùi/<^ Ihc Iiifanl fcsiis in her Anns. But,either through the faultof the assistant who pre-pared the canvas or thepanel, or on account ofthe numerous and fan-tastic combinations ofpigments and varnishesin which Leonardo tooksuch delight, the picturewas already in a verybad state in the time ofVasari. The biographersaw it at Pescia, in thehands of one GiulioTurini, who had inheritedit from Baldassare. Ithad for companion an-other little picture, alsoby da Vinci, which con-tained an infant ofenchanting grace andbeauty. These two pictureshave disappeared and lef
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