User talk:Leonardo the Florentine/sandbox

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Robert Payne (author)

http://www.finearts360.com/index.php/artwork-analysis-self-portrait-in-red-chalk-by-leonardo-da-vinci-308/
 * Artwork Analysis self Portrait in Red Chalk by Leonardo Da Vinci
 * By: A. D. Scaramella
 * Published: December 21,


 * "Those who have concerns about the self-portrait, mostly accept the creator but raise questions regarding the model. Viewers can see a matured male portrait from a three-quarter view. He has deep wrinkles, baggy eyes and long eyebrows. His beard and hair covers the shoulders. The figure is similar to the representation philosophers or prophets. At the time of finishing the portrait in 1510, Leonardo was around 60 years old. Sceptics state that the drawing shows a man of 75-80 years and Leonardo would have looked much younger. In this case the model must have been his father Piero da Vinci or his uncle, Francesco. They both had a long life and lived until the age of 80, while Leonardo died a few years after creating this drawing, at the age of 67. Whatever the truth is, the masterpiece is insured for 50 million dollars and kept in a specially designed climate box to prevent any further deterioration."

http://news.universityproducts.com/?p=1693 Emergency Treatment for Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Portrait Posted on July 12, 2012 by University Products

Leonardo’s self-portrait, though a beloved work of art, has been at the center of controversy throughout history regarding it’s authenticity as a self-portrait. Although most scholars see a distinct connection between this drawing’s subject and Plato in Raphael’s The School of Athens (which was posed for by Leonardo, around the same time as the drawing), some scholars have doubts about whether the drawing is indeed a self-portrait of the famed Renaissance master. Much of the scholarly criticism stems from the observation that the man depicted in the drawing looks much older than Leonardo ever was, as he died at the age of 67. If that is true, the skeptical scholarly belief is that the subject of the drawing is either da Vinci’s father, Ser Piero, or his uncle Francesco.