Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 74
PORTRAIT OP THE POET DANTE. (PAINTED BY GIOTTO.) STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS. 55 sum. It was called the Rotello del Fico, which means a shield offig-tree wood. After a time, Leonardo engaged his services to the Duke of Milan.He was the court-painter and superintendent of all the fetes and… … PORTRAIT OF LEONARDO DA VINCI. of painting there, and was engaged in bringing the waters of the riverAdda into the city from Mortesana, a distance of more than two hun-dred miles. Thus he made himself much fame, while he led a verygay life; for the court of Milan was a merry court. The greatest…
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