What struck me immediately about seeing this relatively small da Vinci painting (just 19½ × 14⅝ inches) was how vibrantly colorful it appeared. Leonardo's works are notorious for their unfinished states, damages, and alterations by overpainters, retouchers, and incompetent restorers. This one was a rare exception.
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Photo: Joseph Kellard
Book Thoughts: Leonardo da Vinci—The Complete Paintings (Marani)
Pietro Marani’s book on Leonardo’s paintings is distinct in its emphasis on ancient Greco-Roman influences, especially after his 1501 trip to Rome, where he visited Hadrian's villa at Tivoli.
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks at the National Gallery in London is a copy of his original painting that hangs in the Louvre in Paris. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)
Connecting Differences with da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks
Last year, I photographed mountains in central London—the distant blue jagged peaks in Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks at the National Gallery.
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