Leonardo Da Vinci
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cats 46
Cesena window 346
David (after Michelangelo) 382
‘Deluge’ series 150, 217, 432, 474–6, 493 Pl. 27
Desio fires 447, 448
disegni di groppi 42
dog (chalk sketch) 44–6
dragons and monsters 46, 106, 260
drapery 78–80
early 48–53, 61, 77
elephant musician 260
emblems 432, 435–7
Envy 207–8
erotic and homoeroticc 116, 207–9, 463, 468–71
Isabella d’Este 326–9, 363
family property (sketch-map) 24
ferry-boat on the Adda 448–9
foetus in womb 481–3
grotesques 260–64
hair 178, 450
horse studies 44, 249–50, 281–3, 386, 429
Leda see under paintings and frescos below
lion engulfed in flames 163, 220
lion-house in Florence 497
lira (lost) 159
in list of works of c. 1482 178–80
machines see under technology below
Madonna and child with cat 136–8
‘Madonna of the Snow’ landscape 48–53, 103, 277, Pl. 2
in manuscripts see writings and manuscripts below
maps 350–52, 372, 383, 446; Apennines 345;
Imola 350–51;
Milan 188;
Tuscany 48, 49, 125, 339;
Vinci family property 24
masqueraders 494–6
Mont’Albano hills 387
mothers and children 135–8
Neptune 398
old men and women 204, 207, 261–4, 493;
‘nutcracker-men’ 204, 263, 275, 451;
old man with beautiful youth 273–5;
old man with water studies 449–51, 493
olive-press at Molino della Doccia 38
Orpheus 434–5
for Pacioli’s Divina proportione 304–5
plants compared with human anatomy 445
Pointing Lady 493, 501
political emblems 288–90
Porto Cesenatico 347
portrait-drawings 236
rebuses or picture-puzzles 163, 218–20, 251
Salai 273–5
San Lorenzo façade 484
self-portraits 11–13, 173–6;
man using ‘perspectograph’ (?) 148–9, 176–7;
old man in profile with water studies (?) 449–51, 493;
shadow drawing 267–8;
Turin 11–13, 477, 492–3;
as Vitruvian Man (?) 245–7, 312
stage-sets see theatre work, pageants etc. below
studies see titles under paintings and frescos and sculpture below
techniques and training 77–80, 148, 241, 445
Tovaglia villa 334–5
Trezzo castle 448–9
triboli 204–6
triumphal arch for Leo X 484
Urbino palace staircase 345
Vitruvian Man 223, 245–7, 309, 312
water studies 450
wheeled platform 284–5
at Windsor see Windsor Castle
young men 121–2, 124, 159–60, 411
ENGRAVINGS BASED ON HIS WORKS ‘academy’ designs (Venice) 40–42, 305–6, 329
Battle of Anghiari copy 391–2
designs for Pacioli (Venice) 306
grotesques (by Hollar) 262, 263
EXPERIMENTS 417–23, 436 animals 43, 420, 433, 448
arches 223
flight (?) 395
human dissections 240–45, 419–23, 443–5, 481–3, 491
metallurgical 480–81
water 417–18
FRESCOS see paintings and frescos below
IDEAS, OBSESSIONS accidenti mentali 9, 101, 476
against imitation 85
agriculture 5, 38–42, 44, 346
analogies 445
anatomy 4, 27, 163, 240–47, 386, 419–23, 433, 443–5, 481–3, 490–91, 499
animals 34–5, 42–6;
bat 341, 399, 431–2;
bears 279;
birds (liberation of) 43;
dogs and cats 44–6, 88–9, 136–8, 260–61, 288;
fish 88–9;
horses 43–5, 69, 91, 127, 250, 383;
lions 161–3, 435, 497;
lizards, insects etc. 105, 217;
speaking human language 34–5, 42–3, 217
astronomy 481
beds 184, 206–7
caverns 164, 244, 278, 420–21, 434–5, 474–6
clarity (eye vs brain) 55–6
classical themes and influences 105, 230, 249–50, 335–6, 396, 398, 417, 432, 472–4
dragons, hybrids, monsters and wild men 105–6, 259–60
dreams 30–35, 217
dualism of experience 204
embryology 481–3, 488
experience and observation 47–8, 55, 58, 70, 264, 280, 417–18;
Aristotelian, not Platonist 113, 149, 240; see also experiments above
flight 3, 32, 34–7, 50, 150, 203–4, 341, 489;
spirit of the bird and the man 394, 398–9; see also technology below
flower symbolism 201, 339
flux and movement 311
Fortune 256, 290
geometry see mathematics below
health 223, 477–8
heliocentricity 432
hills and mountains 47–9, 78, 136, 277–80, 345, 447
knots/wickerwork 40–42, 306, 317, 436
mathematics 53–4, 56, 303–5, 306, 337, 341, 388–9, 432, 445, 464
memory 16, 30–31, 48–53, 149
music 54, 76, 155–60, 212, 236
musical fountains and mills 346, 405
nature and love of countryside 47–53, 55, 69, 144, 201, 221, 277–80, 348
optics 148–9, 241, 297, 419, 432
perspective 148–9
plants and trees as sentient creatures 221
prison and freedom 121, 122, 127, 146
reading see library and reading below
ricordazioni 30
sensus communis 242–3
solar power 480–81
solitude 47–8, 348
storms 474–6
theatre 91–2
vegetarianism 1, 43, 141, 383, 477–8
vortices and whirlpools 149–50, 360, 431
war 348, 373, 409, 435
water-flow principles and patterns 57, 149–50, 360, 431, 448
waves 6, 345
INFLUENCE ON OTHERS Almedina 389
disciples (‘Leonardeschi’) 235, 238, 240, 270, 315–41, 389, 404
Francesco Napoletano 234
Giorgione 330
Lippi, Filippino 133
Massys 263
Rizzoli 453
Rustici 415
Sarto, Andrea del 415
Sesto, Cesare da 235, 473
INFLUENCES Alberti 149, 163, 223, 224
Botticelli 85
Bramante 224
Brunelleschi 95–8, 191
in childhood 56–7
Foppa 195
literary 155
Martini (?) 268
Michelangelo 382
Pacioli 303
della Torre 443
Torre, Marcantonio della 443–5
Toscanelli 148
Verrocchio 78, 100, 131, 198
LIBRARY AND READING 118, 184, 214–15, 217–18, 385–7 Aelius Donatus 214
Aesop 42, 69, 215, 386
Alberti 69, 221, 386
Bacon, Roger 488
Brandt 386
Dante 118, 184, 379
Egidius Romanus 488
Ficino (?) 215
Filelfo 215
Fiore di virtù 215, 229
Frezzi 215
Gozzadini 34
inventories 214–15, 385–7; Madrid 214, 263, 306, 310, 459
libro danticaglie (antiquities) 310, 387
Livy 215
Mandevill
e, John de 215
Manganello, Il 215, 217
Marbodeus (?) 214
Martini 387
Mundinus 444
Ovid 76, 215
Pacioli 303, 387
Palmieri 386
Petrarch 215
Pliny the Elder 214
Poggio Bracciolini 215, 222
Pucci 217
Pulci, Luca 215, 387
Pulci, Luigi 155, 194, 270
Urbino, Francesco da 386
Venezia, Piero Borgi da (?) 214
Visconti 306, 386–7
Vitruvius 245–7, 262, 406, 433
LIFE birth and family 17–30
illegitimacy 18–21, 27, 66, 67, 69, 107, 127, 384
baptism 20–21
infancy 28–37
first memory or fantasy (kite) 30–37, 38, 42–3, 53, 151, 164, 395, 398
childhood 37–58, 136
education 53–8, 67
visits to Pistoia and Empoli (?) 57
apprentice and assistant to Verrocchio 9, 48–53, 54, 60, 71, 73–4, 77–127, 131, 166, 241, 249
denounced as sodomite 114–22, 125, 471
Pistoia commission 124–5, 151
own studio in Florence 84, 131–76
‘Paolo di Leonardo da Vinci’ jailed (1479) 131–2
not invited to work on Sistine Chapel 167, 335
San Donato contract 168–9, 176, 177, 197
leaves Florence for Milan 93–4, 104, 176–82, 186, 404
presented to Milanese court as musician 155, 159, 177, 190, 212, 218
Sforza projects 187–9, 190–92, 224–32, 237, 248–51, 257–9, 280–83, 288–92, 300–301, 306, 316–18, 330–31, 496
Virgin of the Rocks project 177, 196–202, 233, 240, 403, 409–10
Milan cathedral and Duchess’s garden projects 97, 222–5, 248
studio in Milan 133–4, 142, 232–53, 299
learns Latin 54, 213
living and working at the Corte Vecchia 251–3, 268, 282–3, 285–7, 308
in Pavia with Martini 250, 268–9
Alpine travels 277–80, 417
Sforza Horse project 44, 142, 181–2, 248–51, 280–83, 291, 292–3, 307, 309, 330–31, 379–80, 429
Caterina joins his household 285–7
at Vigevano 288, 291, 316
Last Supper project 292–302
‘academy’ in Milan 40–42, 273, 305–12, 317
poem addressed to (Antiquarie prospetiche Romane) 308–10, 387
owns vineyard in Milan 312–16, 409, 446, 457, 486, 498–9
Sala delle Asse decoration 42, 187–9, 306, 316–19
and French occupation of Milan 319–22, 386, 404
in Mantua 325–8
Isabella d’Este commissions 325–8, 336–8, 341–2, 362–3
in Venice 305, 328–31, 366
at Santissima Annunziata in Florence 232, 238, 331–4, 336–7, 341, 356–7
visit to Rome and Tivoli 335–6
travelling in the service of Cesare Borgia 339, 342, 345, 346–53, 354–5, 372, 373
in Urbino 345–6, 352
in Imola 349–52, 355, 357
in Rome with Borgia (?) 353, 354–5
in Florence (1503–6) 353, 356–62, 371, 383–4, 388–99
letter to Bejazet 353–5
Arno canalization schemes 125, 357–60, 383, 385
at Santa Maria Novella 371–6
Anghiari fresco project 371–6, 380–82, 388–94, 404, 407
father’s death and will 285, 384–5, 387, 412
Leda 35–6, 396–8, 422, 428–9, 472
in Vinci and Piombino 381–2, 385, 387–8
in Milan with the French 391, 403–10
return to Florence (1507–8) 363, 408, 410, 412–23
income and title from Louis XII 409, 413, 437, 446, 498
French entertainments in Milan 409, 434–5, 437
dispute with half-brothers 27, 412–14, 464–5
dissections in Florence 419–23
in Milan (1508–11, 1513) 273, 423–43, 446, 457, 458–9
in Pavia for anatomy lectures 438, 443–5
in the Brianza and at Villa Melzi 447–53
journey to Rome via Florence 458–60
in Rome in service of Giuliano de’ Medici 167, 440, 458–62, 477–8, 486
at Villa Belvedere 462–4, 477–83, 486
lizard prank 43, 463–4
infirmities in Rome 477–8, 483
anatomical studies in Rome 241, 423, 444, 466, 481–3
visit to Florence and Bologna with Pope 483–6
meets François I and travels to France 199, 412, 485–6
paintre du Roy at Cloux 11–13, 46, 486–500
visit of Luigi of Aragon and de Beatis 365, 490–93
failing health 477, 490, 492
shows at Amboise 494–7
will 272, 276, 312–13, 409, 486, 488, 498–9
death 499–502
reputation 2–3, 40, 127, 309, 332, 368, 404, 474, 485, 500–503
PAINTINGS AND FRESCOS Adam and Eve (lost) 104, 106
Adoration of the Magi 11, 138, 160, 168–76, 260, 415, Pl. 10;
architecture in 170;
left with Giovanni de’ Benci 104, 169;
Restoration 171–3;
self-portrait (?) 11, 74, 149, 173–6, Pl. 1;
studies for 44, 160, 175–6, 273
Adoration of the Shepherds (lost) 44
Anghiari fresco see Battle of Anghiari below
Annunciation 78, 87, 92, 99–101, 172, Pl. 5;
angel 85, 88, 100, 108, 125, 133, 471;
landscape 52–3, 361;
lily 80, 101;
Virgin 100–101, 121
Bacchus (lost) 398, 472
Baptism of Christ, contributions to see Verrocchio (works)
Battle of Anghiari fresco 141, 299, 371–6, 380, 388–94, 418, 426, 485;
copies 374, 391–2;
studies for 44, 373–4, 375, 386, 396, 469, 470
Belle Ferronnière, La 231, 237, 492, Pl.
Benois Madonna 101, 134–8, 178, 237, 339, Pl. 9
dragon on buckler (lost) 105–7
drapery 37, 78
early 78, 81, 89, 98–111, 116, 178
Ginevra de’ Benci 107–14, 131, 150, 155, 166, 194, 361, 366, Pl. 6
hair 88–9, 103, 108, 116, 125, 198, 238, 431, 450
Isabella d’Este portrait (lost) 326, 328–9, 341, 363
The Lady with an Ermine 42, 226–32, 235, 237, 248, Pl. 12
landscape 47–9, 78, 85, 101–2, 103, 345, 451
The Last Supper 224, 241, 292–302, 303, 393, 404, 439;
Judas 294, 297–8;
models for 296, 297–8;
studies for 80, 283–5, 293–7, 302
Leda and the Swan (lost) 35–6, 135, 260, 389, 396–8, 413, 422, 424, 428–9, 431, 440–41, 471, 472;
copies and versions 35, 233, 396, 428–9, 453, Pl. 29;
drawings and sketches for 35, 41, 78, 396–7, 428–9, 440–41, 450, 472, 493
Litta Madonna 33, 133–4, 136, 198, 237–9
Madonna of the Carnation (attrib.) 101–2, 277, 339, 345
Madonna and Child with a Cat (lost) 46
Madonna of the Yarnwinder 135, 337–41, 363, 404, 408;
commission for 321, 337–8;
landscape 102, 339, 345, 361;
sentimentality 238, 339–41
Madonnas (lost) 133–8, 408, 413
Medusa (lost) 104–5
Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) 11, 42, 222, 266, 328, 361–70, 377, 424–5, 461, 490–91, Pl. 23;
identity of sitter 361, 363–7, 417, 461, 492, 493;
landscape 102, 335, 339, 345, 361, 426;
later reputation of 368–70;
loggia 334–5, 363;
meaning of ‘Mona’ 20–21;
prefigured by portrait of Isabella d’Este 328–9, 362;
theft of 339, 369–70;
versions 441–2
The Musician 23
5–7, 265
St Donatus (study) 124
St Jerome 160–65, 178, 220, 273, 310
St John in the Desert (St John with the Attributes of Bacchus), full-length 467, 472–3;
landscape 447, 467;
seen by Beatis (?) 365, 467, 490–91
St John, half-length 116, 467–71, Pl. 28;
seen by Beatis (?) 365, 467, 490–91
Sala delle Asse fresco (Castello Sforzesco) 42, 187–9, 306, 316–19
Salvator Mundi (lost) 238
self-portraits 11, 173–6; see also Adoration of the Magi and drawings and maps above
Seven Virtues (designs for) 81–2
techniques 266–8, 293;
gessoes 82, 298;
mural painting 298–9, 301–2, 393;
oils 39–40, 83, 467;
pigments 38–9, 83–4;
sfumatura 83, 266;
tempera 83
Tobias and the Angel see Verrocchio (works)
touch of Leonardo’s own hand 11, 108
Virgin and Child with St Anne 35–7, 171, 332–4, 365, 424–8, 453, 467, 471, 490–91;
absence of Joseph 171, 334;
bird outline 36–7, 428;
Burlington House cartoon (Virgin and Child with St Anne and the Infant St John) 136, 333–4, 424–8, Pl. 24;
cartoon displayed at Annunziata (lost) 332–4, 335–6;
landscape 102, 425–6 447, 467;
studies for 334, 426
Virgin of the Rocks 101, 136, 170–71, 196–201, 240, 278, 301, 341, 393, 403–4, 409–10, 423–4, 471, Pl. 11;
London version 197–200, 403, 423–4, 453;
Louvre version 197–9, 393, 403, 423–4, Pl. 11;
Predis side-panel 156;
rocks and cave 163–5, 200, 310;
third version and copies 238, 423–4
Vision of St Bernard (lost) 133
SCULPTURE 80–82, 127, 425 in 1482 list 178–80, 182, 191
angel at San Gennaro 78, 125–6, 471, Pl. 8
early works 80–81
Sforza Horse project 44, 142, 181–2, 248–51, 280–83, 291, 292–3, 307, 309, 330–31, 379–80, 429
Trivulzio monument project 44, 429–31, 435, 446, 452
Youthful Christ (attrib.) 80, 121–2
TECHNOLOGY 56, 145–51, 277, 491 Archimedean screws 148, 149, 213
armoured cars 181, 190–92
automata 283–4, 466;
lion for François I 285, 466, 485;
robot-knight 284–5
canalization schemes 277, 431;
Arno 125, 357–60, 385;
Milan 407, 431, 437
cart design 347
in Codex Atlanticus 95–7, 145–9
Constantinople bridge project 354–6
devices to open up prisons 122, 146–7
early engineering projects 145–51
excavation and digging machines 358, 431
flying-machines (‘ornithopter’ and helicopter) 32, 35, 50, 92, 150–51, 210–12, 252, 341, 394–5, 431–2