Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Leonardo da Vinci - Story life - part 3


Another work of this period, The Annunciation(c.1472-1475) was attributed to Leonardo, but it is likely that the picture was not painted entirely by him.
However, it is generally accepted that the overall composition, the figure of the angel and the landscape are his work.
Other surviving works from this period include Madonna with the Carnation (c.1475), Madonna Benois (c.1475-1478), Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (c.1478-1480).
Leonardo received a commission to paint an altar piece St. Hieronymus (c.1480-1482), which was never finished, and to create a large panel Adoration of the Magi (1481-1482) for the church in San Donato a Scopeto, which was not finished either.
Unfortunately, Leonardo's tendency to leave work unfinished was as characteristic
of him as his artistic genius.