. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. FRIEZE nV CARADOSSO. Church of San Satiro, Milan.) CHAPTER V Leonardos début at the court of milan—his programme—the eques-trian STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA—LEONARDO AS A SCULPTOR HIS INFLUENCE ON THE SCULPTURE OF NORTHERN ITALY. W EN Leonardo resolved to trv his fortunes at the court of the Sforzi, he was ah-eady known there by the famous shield acquired by Dul<e Galeazzo Maria ( + 1476). We possess a remarkable documentin the masters own hand ^ which bearsupon his opening relations with theMilanese capital, namely, the letter inwhic
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. FRIEZE nV CARADOSSO. Church of San Satiro, Milan.) CHAPTER V Leonardos début at the court of milan—his programme—the eques-trian STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA—LEONARDO AS A SCULPTOR HIS INFLUENCE ON THE SCULPTURE OF NORTHERN ITALY. W EN Leonardo resolved to trv his fortunes at the court of the Sforzi, he was ah-eady known there by the famous shield acquired by Dul<e Galeazzo Maria ( + 1476). We possess a remarkable documentin the masters own hand ^ which bearsupon his opening relations with theMilanese capital, namely, the letter inwhich he offers his services to Lodovicoil Moro, at that time reg-ent of theduchy for his nephew Gian epistle can hardly be called amonument of diffidence, as the reader will presently have an oppor- This manuscript, preserved in the Ambrosian.», is written irom left to right, and not,Hke the rest of I^eonardos manuscripts, from right to left. M. Charles Ravaisson-IVIolHenlias pronounced against its authenticity {Les Ecrits de Leonard de Vinci, p. 34).—Richtcr (77/t literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, vol. ii. pp. 34, 395—398) and Uzielli{Ricerclie, 2nd cd. vol. i. p. 85—89), on the other hand, consider it to be a genuineproduction of Leonardos. This is also m
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