Editing Leonardo da Vinci (section)

=== First Milanese period (c. 1482–1499) ===
[[File:Leonardo Da Vinci - Vergine delle Rocce (Louvre).jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Virgin of the Rocks]]'', {{circa|1483–1493}},{{#tag:ref|'''''Virgin of the Rocks''''' (Louvre version)
* {{Harvtxt|Kemp|2019|p=41}}: {{circa|1483–1493}}
* {{Harvtxt|Marani|2003|p=339}}: between 1483 and 1486
* {{Harvtxt|Syson ''et al.''|2011|p=164}}: 1483–{{circa|1485}}
* {{Harvtxt|Zöllner|2019|p=223}}: 1483–1484/1485
|group=d}} [[Louvre]] version]]
Leonardo worked in Milan from 1482 until 1499. He was commissioned to paint the ''[[Virgin of the Rocks]]'' for the [[Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception]] and ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)|The Last Supper]]'' for the monastery of [[Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan)|Santa Maria delle Grazie]].{{sfn|Kemp|2011}} In the spring of 1485, Leonardo travelled to [[Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1538)|Hungary]] (on behalf of Sforza) to meet king [[Matthias Corvinus]], and was commissioned by him to paint a [[Madonna (art)|Madonna]].<ref>{{interlanguage link|Franz-Joachim Verspohl|de}}. ''Michelangelo Buonarroti und Leonardo da Vinci: Republikanischer Alltag und Künstlerkonkurrenz in Florenz zwischen 1501 und 1505.'' Wallstein, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 9783835302167, p. 151 (German).</ref> In 1490 he was called as a consultant, together with [[Francesco di Giorgio Martini]], for the building site of the [[Pavia Cathedral|cathedral]] of [[Pavia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/19632579 |title=Amadeo, Bramante and Leonardo and the Cupola of Milan Cathedral |work=Achademia Leonardi Vinci|access-date=9 August 2022 |last1=Schofield |first1=Richard|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407001344/https://www.academia.edu/19632579|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/44632998 |title=Leonardo a (e i rapporti con) Pavia: una verifica sui documenti |work=Annuario dell'Archivio di Stato di Milano |date=January 2020 |access-date=9 August 2022 |last1=Barbieri |first1=Ezio |last2=Catanese |first2=Filippo |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407001345/https://www.academia.edu/44632998 |url-status=live}}</ref> and was struck by the equestrian statue of [[Regisole]], of which he left a sketch.<ref>Carlo Pedretti, ''Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings of Horses and Other Animals from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.'' Johnson Reprint/HBJ, 1984, ISBN 9780384452824.</ref> Leonardo was employed on many other projects for Sforza, such as preparation of floats and pageants for special occasions; [[:File:Study for the Cupola of Milan Cathedral by Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|a drawing of]], and wooden model for, a competition to design the [[cupola]] for [[Milan Cathedral]];{{sfn|Wallace|1972|p=79}} and a model for a huge [[equestrian monument]] to Ludovico's predecessor [[Francesco Sforza]]. This would have surpassed in size the only two large equestrian statues of the Renaissance, [[Donatello]]'s ''[[Equestrian statue of Gattamelata|Gattamelata]]'' in Padua and Verrocchio's ''[[Bartolomeo Colleoni]]'' in Venice, and became known as the ''[[Leonardo's horse|Gran Cavallo]]''.{{sfn|Arasse|1998}} Leonardo completed a model for the horse and made detailed plans for its [[Casting (metalworking)|casting]],{{sfn|Arasse|1998}} but in November 1494, Ludovico gave the metal to [[Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|his brother-in-law]] to be used for a cannon to defend the city from [[Charles&nbsp;VIII of France]].{{sfn|Arasse|1998}}

Contemporary correspondence records that Leonardo and his assistants were commissioned by the Duke of Milan to paint the [[Sala delle Asse]] in the [[Sforza Castle]], {{circa}} 1498.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Arte Lombarda |number=92/93 (1–2) |year=1990 |publisher=Vita e Pensiero{{snd}}Pubblicazioni dell'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |pages=76–90 |title=Leonardo's "Sala delle Asse" and the Primordial Origins of Architecture |first=John F. |last=Moffitt |jstor=43132702 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43132702 |access-date=17 August 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816192636/https://www.jstor.org/stable/43132702 |url-status=live }}</ref> The project became a [[trompe-l'œil]] decoration that made the great hall appear to be a pergola created by the interwoven limbs of sixteen mulberry trees,<ref>{{cite web |first=Rocky |last=Ruggiero |url=https://rockyruggiero.com/episode-142-leonardo-da-vincis-sala-delle-asse/ |title=Episode 142 – Leonardo da Vinci's Sala delle Asse |series=Making Art and History Come to Life, Rebuilding the Renaissance |format=audio |date=6 October 2021 |website=Rockyruggiero.com |access-date=11 October 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603040721/https://rockyruggiero.com/episode-142-leonardo-da-vincis-sala-delle-asse/ |url-status=live}}</ref> whose canopy included an intricate labyrinth of leaves and knots on the ceiling.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Segui il restauro |url=http://www.saladelleassecastello.it/ |website=Castello Sforzesco – Sala delle Asse |language=it-IT |trans-title=Follow the restoration |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016091633/http://www.saladelleassecastello.it/ |archive-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>{{clear left}}

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File:Leonardo da vinci, Head of a girl 01.jpg|''[[Head of a Woman (Leonardo, Turin)|Head of a Woman]]'', {{circa|1483–1485}}, [[Royal Library of Turin]]
File:Leonardo da Vinci - Portrait of a Musician - Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.jpg|''[[Portrait of a Musician]]'', {{circa|1483–1487}}, [[Pinacoteca Ambrosiana]], Milan
File:Da Vinci Vitruve Luc Viatour (cropped).jpg|The ''[[Vitruvian Man]]'' ({{circa|1485}}) [[Accademia, Venice|Accademia]], Venice
File:Study of horse.jpg|[[Leonardo's horse]] in [[silverpoint]], {{circa|1488}}{{sfn|Wallace|1972|p=65}}
File:Leonardo da Vinci (attrib)- la Belle Ferroniere.jpg|{{lang|fr|[[La Belle Ferronnière]]}}, {{circa|1490–1498}}
File:Sala-Asse-18-02-2014-32.jpg|Detail of 1902 restoration, [[Sala delle Asse|trompe-l'œil painting]] (1498)
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