LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Attributed to Lorenzo di CREDI Florence, about 1457/1459–1536 A Miracle of Saint Donato of Arezzo The Annunciation Oil on panel About 1480–1485 These two panels formed the predella, or lower part of the altarpiece, in the oratory of the Madonna di Piazza in the cathedral of Pistoia, near Florence. Verrocchio was commissioned to produce this work in about 1475–1477, but entrusted the task of painting it to his pupil Lorenzo di Credi, who completed it around 1485. The small Annunciation on the predella was inspired by Leonardo’s large panel painting. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, inv. 1940.29 Department of Paintings, Musée du Louvre, Paris, MI 598 Andrea del VERROCCHIO and his workshop Florence, about 1435–Venice, 1488 Tobias and the Angel Distemper on panel About 1470–1475 The original destination of this painting, which illustrates a passage from the Book ofTobit in the OldTestament, is unknown.Tobit, a blind old man, was cured by the gall, heart and liver of a fish caught by his sonTobias on his journey to Ecbatana, under the guidance of the Archangel Raphael. Discrepancies in the quality of the painting technique have led most art historians to conclude that the more naturalistic elements – the fish and the dog – were painted by Leonardo. The National Gallery, London, NG 781 0 19 0 20