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Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi (1491–1567), was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and remained as his closest professional assistant throughout his career. After da Vinci's death he became the literary executor of all da Vinci's papers, editing them into ...
Oct 29, 2019 · A new title in the successful Lives of the Artists series, which offers illuminating, and often intimate, accounts of iconic artists as viewed by their contemporaries.Coinciding with the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo (1452–1519), Lives of Leonardo da Vinci brings together important early biographies of the polymath by Giorgio Vasari, Paolo Giovio, and anonymous authors.
Feb 28, 2021 · Franceso left Amboise for Villa Melzi with trunks of Leonardo's papers, books, manuscripts, texts, notes, drawings, essays and sketches. Now twenty-eight, he married Angiola di Landriani. They were very happy together and devoted to their eight children. When Francesco died, his son put the contents of the library in the attic of Villa Melzi.
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Oct 5, 2023 · After Leonardo died in 1519, his vast manuscript archive passed to his heir, Francesco Melzi. Melzi held on to some of this material and formed a volume now celebrated as Leonardo’s Treatise on ...
He published records of Leonardo on painting, in the book under the title "Trattato della Pittura". Melzi died around 1570 venerable master in his family estate in Vaprio d'adda. The heirs of Francesco Melzi, quickly sold out the legacy of Leonardo, which he's shore. Part of the heritage of the great Leonardo was because of this forever lost.
Jun 1, 2019 · Trace the key events in Leonardo's life as revealed through flashbacks of his many conversations with Francesco Melzi, his lifelong assistant Learn about the great works of art he created, including The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, the great bronze horse, the Virgin of the Rocks, and many more
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Nov 8, 2019 · Francesco Melzi came into Leonardo’s life in around 1505. This young man, by contrast, was from a noble Milanese family, and developed a role in the workshop akin to private secretary.
