Leonardeschi
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The Leonardeschi were the large group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci. They were artists of Italian Renaissance painting, although his influence extended to many countries within Europe.
As a teenager, Leonardo was enrolled as an apprentice in the studio of
In 1482, Leonardo visited Milan where he stayed with Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Evangelista de Predis, and their four brothers, all of whom were artists of different kinds. Both Ambrogio and Evangelista are known for having collaborated with Leonardo in the painting of the Virgin of the Rocks for the altarpiece in the chapel of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception at the Church of San Francesco Grande in Milan.
In 1490, Leonardo earned recognition and a breakthrough at the court of Ludovico Sforza, and because of the scale of works commissioned he was permitted to have assistants and pupils in his own studio.
Milan
Among Leonardo's pupils at this time were
Spain
During the first decades of the sixteenth century a number of Spanish painters visited Florence. Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina and Hernando de los Llanos are documented as collaborators with Leonardo on The Battle of Anghiari.[1] Both artists continued their artistic association upon returning to Spain.
Northern Europe
In 1494–1495 and again in 1505–1507, the German artist Albrecht Dürer traveled to Venice. In Bologna Dürer was taught the principles of linear perspective (possibly by Luca Pacioli or Donato Bramante), and evidently he became familiar with Leonardo's geometrical construction of shadows technique. Several Dürer engravings show a clear interest in the works of Leonardo; for example The Small Horse is based upon the Sforza Horse by Leonardo.
During his second stay in Venice Dürer was influenced by Leonardo's cartoon of Christ among the Doctors, which was commissioned by
It is believed that Quentin Matsys had known the work of Leonardo da Vinci in the form of prints made and circulated among northern artists. His Madonna and Child with the Lamb, inspired by Leonardo's The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, and A Grotesque Old Woman (or The Ugly Duchess), show the influence of Leonardo. This is regarded as evidence that Matsys was greatly influenced by Italian Renaissance artists and that he most likely travelled to Italy, at least for a brief period.
In 1516 or 1517, Leonardo joined the court of Francis I of France. Coincidentally, a Flemish portrait painter, Joos van Cleve, also was summoned to the French court, where he painted the king, queen, and other courtiers. It is thought that Joos van Cleve had spent some time in Italy as well as France on this trip. Like Quentin Massys, a fellow artist of Antwerp, Joos van Cleve appropriated some themes and techniques of Leonardo da Vinci. Often, Joos van Cleve is called the Leonardo of the North. Paintings by the Italian Renaissance artists Giampietrino (Madonna of the Cherries) and Marco d'Oggiono (The Holy Infants Embracing), both assistants in the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci, were a major influence on the Antwerp master. Joos van Cleve produced numerous versions of his own paintings after these models, adapting them to his own style and so creating some of the most successful compositions of the time in northern Europe. His son, Cornelis van Cleve, continued an artistic interest in Leonardo, producing several copies of his father's work and the Madonna of the Yarnwinder.
Gallery
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Leda and her Children (between 1520s and late 1530s), Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
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Marco d'Oggiono, Resurrection of Christ with Sts Leonardo and Lucy (between 1491 and 1494), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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Bernardino Luini, Lady with a Flea Fur (1515), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Boltraffio, Madonna and Child (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)
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Bernardino Luini, Holy Family with the Infant St John (first half of 16th century), Museo del Prado
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School of Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi (c. 1503), Diocesan Museum, Naples
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School of Leonardo da Vinci, Le Sauveur du monde (c. 1505), Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
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Francesco Napoletano, Madonna and Child (Madonna Lia) (c. 1495), Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco
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Cesare da Sesto, The Virgin and Child with a Lamb (c. 1520), Museo Poldi Pezzoli
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Marco d'Oggiono, Saint Sebastian (1520), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
References
- ^ "Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina". nga.gov. National Gallery of Art. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
Sources
- White Michael. Leonardo da Vinci. The First Scientist. St. Martin's Press, 2000
- Murray Peter, Murray Linda. The Art of the Renaissance. Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1997.
- Leonardo da Vinci – 1452–1519
- Leonardo of the north: Joos van Cleve