Image from page 222 of "Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;" (1898)

Identifier: leonardodavincia02mn.Title: Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidleonardodavincia02mn ) .Year: 1898 ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1898 ) (1890s ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1890 ) ).Authors: Müntz, Eugène, 1845-1902 ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorM__ntz__Eug__ne__1845_1902 ) .Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectLeonardo__da_Vinci__1452_1519 ) .Publisher: London : W. Heinemann ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___W__Heinemann ) New York, C. Scribner's sons ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisher_New_York__C__Scribner_s_sons ) .Contributing Library: University of California Libraries ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries ) .Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorInternet_Archive ) ...View Book Page: Book Viewer ( stream/leonardodavincia02mn/leonardodavincia02mn#page/n222/mode/1up ) .About This Book: Catalog Entry ( details/leonardodavincia02mn ) .View All Images: All Images From Book ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidleonardodavincia02mn ) ..Click here to view book online ( stream/leonardodavincia02mn/leonardodavincia02mn#page/n222/mode/1up ) to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book....Text Appearing Before Image:.erfectoval possible. Following this comesthe type of the youngwoman with dishevelledhair and haggard eyes,examples of which are to be found in the Turin Library, the Windsor Library, and the BonnatCollection. Amongst the drawings for the Adoration of the Alagi we note forthe first time in the very important sketch in the Uffizi (admittingindeed, what is by no means clear, that this composition belongs tothe Florentine period) that type sui generis, which, for wantof a better term, has been described as the Leonardesque type.This face, in which the mouth is a little tremulous, is an extraordinaryand exquisite mingling of grace and morbidezza. The Virgin smiles,but her smile is one that recalls or foreshadows tears—a divinelyhuman smile, of which Leonardo alone possessed the secret. Later, on the contrary, Leonardo shows a preference for highand rounded chins. This inclination, already evident in his study forthe Madonna Litta of the Hermitage, is still more clearly shown inVOL. II. y..Text Appearing After Image:.STUDY FOR THE HEAD OF LEUA. (Windsor Librarj-.) ,r,2 LEONARDO DA VINCI the study of a womans head, on green paper, preserved in the UffiziMuseum, which I think may be connected with the Saint Anne. Dreamy eyes, a somewhat strongly-marked nose, a melancholymouth, a shade of gentleness, kindness, almost of weakness, overevery feature, characterise a profile study in the Louvre, wonderfullyrich and easy in handling. This is the drawing above-mentionedfor the Madonna Litta (reproduced in our plate xi.). As a pendant to this somewhat sickly physiognomy, we have theface of a young girl, of resolute, almost of pert appearance, somewaiting-maid probably, portrayed in a drawing now in the WindsorLibrary (reproduced vol. i., p. 5). Her thin, sharp contours seemto indicate a Florentine origin. From this time onwards, Leonardo shows excessive skill in drapinghis female models, in decking and adorning them. He proves him-self in this respect a worthy fellow-disciple of Perugino, who, weare told, w.