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The Leonardo anniversary: a retrospective

06/2020 | 1407 | 162

Pages: 512-519

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Author:

Cole, Michael (Cole, Michael)

Subjects

art literature:

Monographs / Biographies / Catalogues / Exhibition catalogues

art literature:

Bambach, Carmen C., New York, United States / Quiviger, François, (F. Q.) / Joost, Keizer

art literature:

Roeck, Bernd

artists:

Leonardo da Vinci / Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio / Oggiono, Marco d'

artists:

Romano, Giovanni Cristoforo

dates:

2010-2019

museums and institutions:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

subjects:

Anniversaries / Exhibition reviews / Exhibitions / Infrared photography / Underdrawings / Paintings / Drawings / Studies (visual works) / Dating / Techniques / Manuscripts

subjects:

Italian art / Renaissance art / Renaissance Italy

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered. By Carmen C. Bambach. Four vols, 2,350 pp. incl. 1,319 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019), 400. ISBN 978–03–00–19195– | :

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Leonardo da Vinci: Self, Art and Nature. By François Quiviger. 224 pp. incl. 60 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion, London, 2019), 15.95. ISBN 978–17–89– 14070–5 | :

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Leonardo: Der Mann, der alles wissen wollte. By Bernd Roeck, 429 pp. incl. 72 col. + 32 b. & w. ills. (Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich, 2019), €28. ISBN 978–3–406–73509–7. | :

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Leonardo’s Paradox: Word and Image in the Making of Renaissance Culture. By Joost Keizer. 232 pp. incl. 40 col. + 25 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion, London, 2019), 25 | :

subjects:

Leonardo da Vinci, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 24th October 2019–24th February 2020. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The nude Mona Lisa, by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci. Early sixteenth century. Charcoal, black chalk, and white heightening on paper, with later reworking in brown gouache or tempera, pricked for transfer, 74.8 by 54 cm. (Musée Cond , Chantilly; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

2. Installation view of ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. 2019. (Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Antoine Mongodin).

Attributed works:

3. Reconstruction of the model used by Leonardo to produce the drawing in Fig.4, by Leticia Leratti. 2019. Clay and linen sheet, 75 by 70 by 25 cm. (Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Antoine Mongodin; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

4. Drapery study for a seated figure, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1475–82. Tempera on linen, 19.6 by 15.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

5 and 6. Installation views of ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ at the Mus e du Louvre, Paris. 2019. (Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Antoine Mongodin).

Attributed works:

7. Studies of blood vessels and staircases, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1506– 10. Pen with different shades of brown ink and red chalk on paper, 29.5 by 19.8 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).

Attributed works:

8. A reconstruction of the face of the young Leonardo, from Bernd Roeck’s Leonardo: Der Mann, der alles wissen wollte (Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich).

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