Anecdotes of painters, engravers, sculptors and architects, and curiosities of art (1880)
Spooner, Shearjashub, 1809-1859 · New York, A. W. Lovering · leaf 290
ace his birth in 1445;but Durazzini, in his Panegyrics on Illustrious Tus-cans, satisfactorily proves that he was born in LowerValdarno, at the castle of Vinci, in 1452. PRECOCITY OP DA VINCls GENIUS. At a very early age, Lionardo da Vinci showedremarkably quick abilities for everything he… … [\oL I. 266. I SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS. 267 ly surprised at seeing productions of such merit froman uninstructed hand, willingly took Lionardo as apupil. He was soon much more astonished whenlie perceived the rapid progress his pupil made ; hefelt his own inferiority, and when Lionardo paintedan…
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