Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . / Printed by Draeger, Paris. I, VISITS TO ROME 203 Shaken though I am in my original conviction, I hesitate tofinally erase this admirable creation from the catalogue of Leonardosworks. I hesitate still more to place it in the year 1515, instead ofabout 14S5. It shows, in fact, undeniable traces of archaism, towhich no doubt it owes some of its charm. One might, moreover, turn against the partisans of Boltraffio theweapon they have directed against Leonardo. Where are we to layour hands on a document to prove that his gifted but
Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . / Printed by Draeger, Paris. I, VISITS TO ROME 203 Shaken though I am in my original conviction, I hesitate tofinally erase this admirable creation from the catalogue of Leonardosworks. I hesitate still more to place it in the year 1515, instead ofabout 14S5. It shows, in fact, undeniable traces of archaism, towhich no doubt it owes some of its charm. One might, moreover, turn against the partisans of Boltraffio theweapon they have directed against Leonardo. Where are we to layour hands on a document to prove that his gifted but imcqual disciplevisited Rome in or about 1515, and worked at the convent ofSant Onofrio ? However this may be, the picture is so penetrating in its charm, itsgrace and freedom are so exquisite, that its conception can only be dueto Leonardo. If he himself did not paint it—which remains to beproved—it must have been to his immediate supervision, or rather tothe presence of a cartoon elaborated by his own hand, that theconvent of Sant Onofrio owed t
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