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... original . ' This picture , which is deficient in marking as compared with Leonardo's usual style , is still very masterly in many respects ; the faded , sallow colour , the dark vapour issuing from the mouth , the convulsion of death ...
... original . ' This picture , which is deficient in marking as compared with Leonardo's usual style , is still very masterly in many respects ; the faded , sallow colour , the dark vapour issuing from the mouth , the convulsion of death ...
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... original is all but lost to us , the cartoons which Leonardo sketched of the single heads , before he executed them in the large size , are of the greatest interest , as are also the copies executed for various other places , partly by ...
... original is all but lost to us , the cartoons which Leonardo sketched of the single heads , before he executed them in the large size , are of the greatest interest , as are also the copies executed for various other places , partly by ...
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... original inventions is only known by the works of his scholars . We shall in the following pages mention only the more important of them . Among the smaller pictures executed by Leonardo in Milan , the portraits of two ladies beloved by ...
... original inventions is only known by the works of his scholars . We shall in the following pages mention only the more important of them . Among the smaller pictures executed by Leonardo in Milan , the portraits of two ladies beloved by ...
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... originals by Leo- nardo in Milan and the surrounding country , as well as numerous copies of the same subjects by his scholars , which attest his full employment in that city . Among these latter is a Madonna and Child , formerly in the ...
... originals by Leo- nardo in Milan and the surrounding country , as well as numerous copies of the same subjects by his scholars , which attest his full employment in that city . Among these latter is a Madonna and Child , formerly in the ...
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... original , it appears , is in England . The Madonna holds the infant Christ on her lap , and embraces the little St. John , who kneels with folded hands to receive the blessing and caresses of Christ . In the background on the right ...
... original , it appears , is in England . The Madonna holds the infant Christ on her lap , and embraces the little St. John , who kneels with folded hands to receive the blessing and caresses of Christ . In the background on the right ...
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