. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. by Geny-Gros Paris (F PORTRAITS BY LEONARDO 205. DESIGN FOR A LIGHTHOUSE, NETKODUCEU FKOM DR. RICHTEl (Vallardi Collection, the Louvre.) my own part, I am inclined to pronounce the painting a work ofthe second quarter of the sixteenth century, by some one belonging tothe circle of the Campi, who was haunted by reminiscences of Luini. The decoration of the Sala della Torre, or delle Asse, which weknow to have been undertaken by Leonardo, consists of a vastinterlacement (one of the masters favourite motives), forming a kindof bower of bran
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. by Geny-Gros Paris (F PORTRAITS BY LEONARDO 205. DESIGN FOR A LIGHTHOUSE, NETKODUCEU FKOM DR. RICHTEl (Vallardi Collection, the Louvre.) my own part, I am inclined to pronounce the painting a work ofthe second quarter of the sixteenth century, by some one belonging tothe circle of the Campi, who was haunted by reminiscences of Luini. The decoration of the Sala della Torre, or delle Asse, which weknow to have been undertaken by Leonardo, consists of a vastinterlacement (one of the masters favourite motives), forming a kindof bower of branches of trees, and knots or bows. In addition to these mural decorations, Leonardo painted a certainnumber of easel pictures : a Nativity (which has disappeared), presentedby II Moro to the Emperor of Germany, and several portraits.^ We have already men-tioned the portraits ofLodovico il Moro andBeatrice dEste, painted opposite the Last Supper, [ ^|i[ij^^£-:^y^y and long since us now consider theportraits of nobles andladies of II Moros Court. Leonardo, as we know, made his ddbut at th
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