I go with “Mrs. Da Vinci”.
Time for the #metoo from the 1400’s to start chiming in. She was 15...
Good to have you back after your absence. Always enlightening.
Brilliant man. His attention to detail was incredible. It was typical for him to paint an elaborate scene behind the subject of his paintings. And he was obsessed with the details of the folds of the clothing, shadows.
Then he was a brilliant biologist and engineer.
"I've been reading this book on Leonardo da Vinci. See, that means 'from Vinci.' Did you know that?"
"Must be some book."
Anyway, I am a huge fan. My favorite is The Annunciation.
My wife and I recently went to Milan and Florence to see the newly restored Last Supper and the Uffizi Gallery. The Last Supper was better than we expected it to be because they only allow you 20 minutes, but the groups were small and the lighting was good so you could take as many pictures as you wanted without crowds blocking your view.
The unexpected treat was at the Uffizi, where we were lucky enough to be there for the opening of the exhibition of Da Vinci’s unfinished masterpiece Adoration of the Magi. Because it was one of the last exhibits at the Gallery, if you started at the back like we did you had the exhibit to yourself. A very nice vacation.
Today her lover would have forced her to have an abortion. No Leonardo Da Vinci. Wonder how many artists, scientists, mathematicians, engineers, writers etc. have been killed before they were born since 1973.
Why do her hands and fingers look puffy? Unusual for a young person.
“’Nice summer’s evening probably in the fields — and that was it’, said Dr Kemp.”
