Lives of Leonardo da Vinci

Contents

Introduction / Charles Robertson -- The life of Leonardo da Vinci, 1568 / Giorgio Vasari -- Leonardo da Vinci, citizen of Florence, c. 1522 / Antonio Billi -- Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1530 / Anonimo Gaddiano -- The life of Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1528 / Paolo Giovio --Concerning the Last Supper, 1540 / Matteo Bandello -- Concerning Leonardo da Vinci, 1554 / Sabba da Castiglione -- Letter to Lodovico Sforza, c. 1482 / Leonardo da Vinci -- Correspondence with Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua, 1501 / Fra Pietro da Novellara -- Letter to Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, 1515 / Leonardo da Vinci -- The visit of cardinal Luigi d'Aragona to Leonardo, 1517 / Antonio de Beatis -- Letter to the brothers of Leonardo about the death of the master, 1519 / Francesco Melzi.