. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. pears ! These faculties of themind in no wise prejudicedthe qualities of the Raphael, Leonardowas distinguished for hisinfinite kindliness, like himhe lavished interest andaffection even upon dumbanimals. Leonardo, Vasaritells us, had so muchcharm of manner and con-versation that he won all hearts. Though, in a certain sense,he had nothing of his own and worked little, he always foundmeans to keep servants and horses, of which latter he was veryfond, as indeed of all animals ; he reared and trained them with asmuch love as pat
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. pears ! These faculties of themind in no wise prejudicedthe qualities of the Raphael, Leonardowas distinguished for hisinfinite kindliness, like himhe lavished interest andaffection even upon dumbanimals. Leonardo, Vasaritells us, had so muchcharm of manner and con-versation that he won all hearts. Though, in a certain sense,he had nothing of his own and worked little, he always foundmeans to keep servants and horses, of which latter he was veryfond, as indeed of all animals ; he reared and trained them with asmuch love as patience. Often, passing the places where they soldbirds, he would buy some, and taking them out of their cages withhis own hand, restore them to liberty. A contemporary of Leonardo,Andrea Corsali, writes from India in 1515 to Giuliano de Medici, thatlike il nostro Leonardo da Vinci the inhabitants of these regionspermit no harm to be done to any living creature.^ This longing foraffection, this liberality, this habit of looking upon their pupils as their. IE UNBELIEF OF S. , BY VERROCCHIO. (Or San Michele, Florence.) 1 It appears from Corsalis letter that Leonardo ate no meat, but lived entirely onvegetables, thus forestalling our modern vegetarians by several centuries. (Richters TheLiterary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, vol. ii. p. 130.) D 18 LEONARDO DA VINCI family, are traits wliich the two great painters have in common, but arethe very traits which distinguish them from Michelangelo, the mis-anthropic, solitary artist, the sworn foe of feasting and pleasure. Inhis manner of shaping his career, however, Raphael approaches farnearer to Michelangelo than to Leonardo, who was proverbiallyeasy-going and careless. Raphael, on the contrary, prepared his futurewith extreme care ; not only gifted but industrious, he occupied himselfearly in the foundation of his fortune ; whereas Leonardo lived from--^Jiand to mouth, and subordinated his own interests to the exigencies ofscienc
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