Leonardo's Salvator Mundi & the collecting of Leonardo in the Stuart courts /
A study of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the world's most expensive painting; this volume recounts the story of the painting's modern-day discovery and restoration, but also delves into the collecting of Leonardo's works at the courts of Charles I and Charles II.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Robert B. Simon
- The discovery of a masterpiece
- Part II. Martin Kemp
- The calm centre: Leonardo and the ineffable
- 'Christ in the manner of God the Father': the subject matter
- Drawings and dates
- Visual magic
- Patronage, some copies, and other versions
- Part III. Margaret Dalivalle
- 'A peece of Christ done by Leonardo' and 'A lords figure, in halfe.': plotting the paper trail
- Inventing Leonardo
- Appraising Leonardo
- 'A pitiable sight'
- After the orginal: Hollar and Leonardo's Salvator
- 'Capitanus stone'
- "Nothing is hidden under the sun'
- The picture vanishes
- Epilogue: Martin Kemp
- Appendix: Inventory of goods disbursed to John Stone and the sixth Dividend of Crown Creditors, 1651-3.