. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. FRIEZE BY CARADOSSO. Church of San Satiro, Milan.) CHAPTER V LEONARDO S DEBUT 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 try his fortunes at the court of the Sforzi, he was already known there by the famous shield acquired by Duke 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
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. FRIEZE BY CARADOSSO. Church of San Satiro, Milan.) CHAPTER V LEONARDO S DEBUT 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 try his fortunes at the court of the Sforzi, he was already known there by the famous shield acquired by Duke 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 regent of theduchy for his nephew Gian epistle can hardly be called amonument of diffidence, as the reader will presently have an oppor- 1 This manuscript, preserved in the Ambrosiana, is written irom left to right, and not,hke the rest of Leonardos manuscripts, from right to left. M. Charles Ravaisson-Mollienhas pronounced against its authenticity (Zes Ecrits de Leonard de Vinci, p. 34).—Richter {The literary Works of Leonardo da Viftci, vol. ii. pp. 34, 395—398) and Uzielli{JRicerche, 2nd ed. vol. i. p. 85—89), on the other hand, consider it to be a genuineproduction of Leonardos. This is also my opinio
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