A history of painting . This grandfatherseems to have been a true gentleman, for the boy wasbrought up and educated in his house ; and the fatherseems to have had the boy legitimised in his early Ser Piero was much given to marrying as well as toaffairs of the heart, for he was four times a bridegroom, andby his third and fourth wives had eleven lawful children—which probably caused considerable friction in youth forLeonardo. In youth his personal beauty was renowned, his speechfascinating, and his charm of manner as remarkable. Ofsuch prodigious strength that he could bend an iron
A history of painting . This grandfatherseems to have been a true gentleman, for the boy wasbrought up and educated in his house ; and the fatherseems to have had the boy legitimised in his early Ser Piero was much given to marrying as well as toaffairs of the heart, for he was four times a bridegroom, andby his third and fourth wives had eleven lawful children—which probably caused considerable friction in youth forLeonardo. In youth his personal beauty was renowned, his speechfascinating, and his charm of manner as remarkable. Ofsuch prodigious strength that he could bend an iron ring or144 XVII LEONARDO DA VINCI1452 i5J9 FLORENTINE AND MILANESE SCHOOLS THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS (National Gallery) The Virgin kneels amid flowers beneath dark basaltic rocks. She placesher right hand on the shoulder of St. John the Baptist; her left held outin benediction over the Infant Christ seated on the ground beside anangel. Painted on wood, arched at the top. 6 ft. ci in. h. x 3 ft. 9£ in. w.(1-841 x 1155)-. OF PAINTING horse-shoe with his ringers, his touch was so delicate that WHEREINhe was famed for his mastery of the lute. He composed WE MEETmusic, wrote sonnets. His researches into science and art THE GIANTwere profound; his philosophy forestalled most modern i-tiii. thought—he stated Will as the energy of life. He lifted TTiVIF nT7the veil from many secrets of science. Yet, the pursued T„p Rpobject once discovered, he seemed content, and passed to NAISSANCEother things. The only portrait known of Leonardo waspainted in his old age, and gives small hint of the splendidphysique of the man. At eighteen, in 1470, Leonardo joined the studio of thesculptor-painter Andrea del Verrocchio, where he was tomeet gentle Lorenzo di Credi, genial Botticelli, and scoun-drelly Perugino. His abundant and astounding geniussoon revealed itself; and he early surpassed his master inpainting. It was whilst Verrocchio was at work on hisBaptism of Christ, to-day at the Academy in
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