. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. ■ii;i: :aA;.i \ lI ;:. .■■ ui;., ^(The Hrera, Milan.) 114 LEONARDO DA VINCI From time to time, in 1490, in 1510, &c., the visits of Beatricessister, Isabella of Mantua, incontestably the most fascinating womanof her clay, infused more life and warmth into these cold calcula-tions. With her passion for the beautiful and her fine intellect,Isabella was not long in singling out Leonardo da Vinci, andit was not her fault that this king of artists did not come to Mantua,and there take the place of Andrea Mantegna, then at theend
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. ■ii;i: :aA;.i \ lI ;:. .■■ ui;., ^(The Hrera, Milan.) 114 LEONARDO DA VINCI From time to time, in 1490, in 1510, &c., the visits of Beatricessister, Isabella of Mantua, incontestably the most fascinating womanof her clay, infused more life and warmth into these cold calcula-tions. With her passion for the beautiful and her fine intellect,Isabella was not long in singling out Leonardo da Vinci, andit was not her fault that this king of artists did not come to Mantua,and there take the place of Andrea Mantegna, then at theend of his long and glorious career. The Marchesa at leastsucceeded, by dint of many entreaties, in obtaining a few of hisworks, among others, the portrait of herself, that superb cartoon,for the discovery of which in the Louvre we are indebted to Yriarte. A third representative of the house of Este, Cardinal Ippolito (born1470, died 1520), the brother of Beatrice and Isabella, establishedhimself in Milan in 1497, the year of Beatrices
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