Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . of theAntonines, notably those of Lucius Verus.^ Even for facial types Leonardo deigned, now and then, thoughrarely, to consult the ancients. His John the Baptist, in the Louvre,is clearly based on certain antique types, half masculine and half feminine, such as the! —-^-^-^ -^ <. Apollino, the Bac- chus, and the Herma-phroditus, and yet thecombination is tho-roughly Leonardesque. If there be one pagein this work of Leonardowhich betrays studyfrom nature, and espe-cially study of thehorses anatomy, morethan another, it is assu-redly t
Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; . of theAntonines, notably those of Lucius Verus.^ Even for facial types Leonardo deigned, now and then, thoughrarely, to consult the ancients. His John the Baptist, in the Louvre,is clearly based on certain antique types, half masculine and half feminine, such as the! —-^-^-^ -^ <. Apollino, the Bac- chus, and the Herma-phroditus, and yet thecombination is tho-roughly Leonardesque. If there be one pagein this work of Leonardowhich betrays studyfrom nature, and espe-cially study of thehorses anatomy, morethan another, it is assu-redly that Battle ofAnghiari, of which oneepisode has been pre-served in a drawing byRubens, and in a fewmore or less partialcopies. The episode isthat known as theFight for the had never occurredto me to investigate in that direction, when accident, the greatexplorer, brought under my eyes a cameo presenting remarkableanalogies, not to say more, with one of the motives employed byLeonardo. This cameo (see p. i6) represents the Fall of STUDY OF A HEAD FOR THE LAST SUPPER. INSPIRED BV THEANTIQUE, (Windsor Library.) ^ See Médaillons de I Empire Romain, \^. 93, et passim. As to Leonardos imitationof the Apollo Saurodonos, of Praxiteles, see vol. i., p. 204. LEONARDO AND IIII: ANTIQUE 13
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