| " By the 19th century, the scope of Leonardo's notebooks was known, as well as his paintings | These studies were recorded in 13,000 pages of notes and drawings, which fuse art and the forerunner of modern science |
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| , by , 1818 The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing to write in 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of genius | Since he lacked formal education in and mathematics, contemporary scholars mostly ignored Leonardo the scientist, although he did teach himself Latin |
Leonardo became ill, in what may have been the first of multiple leading to his death.
19| According to Forbes Magazine, Leonardo expert Carlo Pedretti said that he knew of three similar paintings and that "All four paintings, he believed, were likely the work of Leonardo's studio assistants and perhaps even the master himself | 1480—1490, In the 1480s, Leonardo received two very important commissions and commenced another work that was of ground-breaking importance in terms of composition |
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| What makes this painting unusual is that there are two obliquely set figures superimposed |
Leonardo's painting is known only from preparatory sketches and several copies of the centre section, of which the best known, and probably least accurate, is by.