The celebrated Treatise on Painting by Leonardo is rightly defined by Kenneth Clark as "the most important document in the entire history of art". It was compiled by the most faithful of Leonardo's pupils, Francesco Melzi, following the maestro's editorial instructions with the copies of texts and drawings made directly from the originals, most of which are now lost. The work was first published in an abbreviated version in Paris in 1651 with illustrations by Poussin.
We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Treatise on Painting": Il Libro di Pittura facsimile edition, published by Giunti Editore, 1995
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