Leonardo: Discoveries from Verrocchio's Studio: Early Paintings and New Attributions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300233018)

Presents exciting, original conclusions about Leonardo da Vinci's early life as an artist and amplifies his role in Andrea del Verrocchio's studio

This groundbreaking reexamination of the beginnings of Leonardo da Vinci's (1452-1519) life as an artist suggests new candidates for his earliest surviving work and revises our understanding of his role in the studio of his teacher, Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488). Anchoring this analysis are important yet often overlooked considerations about Verrocchio's studio--specifically, the collaborative nature of most works that emerged from it and the probability that Leonardo must initially have learned to paint in tempera, as his teacher did. The book searches for the young artist's hand among the tempera works from Verrocchio's studio and proposes new criteria for judging Verrocchio's own painting style. Several paintings are identified here as likely the work of Leonardo, and others long considered works by Verrocchio or his assistant Lorenzo di Credi (1457/59-1536) may now be seen as collaborations with Leonardo sometime before his departure from Florence in 1482/83. In addition to Laurence Kanter's detailed arguments, the book features three essays presenting recent scientific analysis and imaging that support the new attributions of paintings, or parts of paintings, to Leonardo.

Distributed for the Yale University Art Gallery

Exhibition Schedule:

Yale University Art Gallery
(06/29/18-10/07/18)

Author: Laurence Kanter
ISBN-10: 0300233019
ISBN-13: 9780300233018
Publisher: Yale University Art Gallery
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2018
Pages: 150
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2019