Abandoned unfinished when Leonardo left Florence for Milan, and all the more instructive for it: the saint's neck and shoulder are worked out with the anatomical precision of a dissection, while the rest of the panel is still bare underpainting. The panel was later cut into pieces and reassembled — the head was reportedly found serving as the top of a stool.
Abandoned unfinished when Leonardo left Florence for Milan, and all the more instructive for it: the saint's neck and shoulder are worked out with the anatomical precision of a dissection, while the rest of the panel is still bare underpainting. The panel was later cut into pieces and reassembled — the head was reportedly found serving as the top of a stool.Read more
