LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Marco d’OGGIONO, after Leonardo da VINCI Oggiono (?), about 1470–Milan, 1524 The Last Supper Oil on canvas 1506–1509 The most valued record of the original painting is the copy made by Marco d’Oggiono between 1506 and 1509, while Leonardo was living in Milan. Department of Paintings, Musée du Louvre, Paris, INV. 781 (on long-term loan to the Musée National de la Renaissance, Ecouen) 127 Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Portrait of Isabella d’Este Metalpoint, charcoal, red chalk, yellow ochre About 1499–1500 The army of Louis XII of France conquered the duchy of Milan in September 1499. Leonardo left Lombardy in December; during his stay in Mantua, he drew a cartoon (full-scale preliminary sketch) for the portrait of the Marchioness Isabella d’Este. As so often, he broke with tradition – this time by conveying a sense that the profile portrait was the result of the sitter’s movement rather than a chosen pose. He captured Isabella as if she had just turned around in mid-conversation. Due to water damage, the side and lower edges of the sketch are missing. Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre, Paris, MI 753 128