(From left to right) The Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, Portrait of a Musician and La Belle Ferronnière at the Louvre's monumental 2019–2020 exhibition: Léonard de Vinci
(From left to right) The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Saint John the Baptist and Louvre Virgin of the Rocks[a]

The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists. Only around eight major works—The Adoration of the Magi, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sala delle Asse, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Mona Lisa—are universally attributed to him, and have aroused little or no controversy in the past. Ten additional works are now widely attributed to his oeuvre, though most have previously incited considerable controversy or doubt: the Annunciation, Madonna of the Carnation, The Baptism of Christ (with his teacher, Verrocchio), Ginevra de' Benci, the Benois Madonna, the Portrait of a Musician (with possible studio assistance), the Lady with an Ermine, La Belle Ferronnière, the London Virgin of the Rocks (with studio assistance), the Portrait of Isabella d'Este and Saint John the Baptist.

Other attributions are more complicated. La Scapigliata appears to be attributed by most scholars, but some prominent specialists are silent on the issue. Salvator Mundi's attribution remains extremely controversial, and the extent of the restoration by the contemporary discoverers of the work, and the fact that the current owner has withdrawn it from any contact with the outside world, has only amplified this situation. Some prominent specialists believe it is by another artist or that Leonardo assisted a member of his studio; other prominent specialists do believe that it is mostly by Leonardo. The small number of surviving paintings is due in part to Leonardo's habit of disastrous experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination, resulting in many incomplete works. It is thought that he created many more works that are now lost, though records and copies have survived for some.

In addition to his paintings, there are eleven surviving manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci's notes and drawings, amounting to thousands of pages in total. There are numerous other works with disputed attributions to Leonardo, none of which have yet to achieve thorough scholarly approval.

Major extant works

Key: †  Collaborative work · ‡  Possibly collaborative work

Universally accepted Unanimously accepted works
Widely accepted Accepted by large majority of modern scholars; controversial in the past
Generally accepted Accepted by most modern scholars; still controversial
Title and image Date Medium Dimensions[1] Location[1]

The Annunciation

1472–1476 c. 1472–1476[d 1] Oil and tempera on poplar panel 98 cm × 217 cm
39 in × 85 in 		Uffizi, Florence
Widely accepted
Generally thought to be the earliest extant work by Leonardo. Traditionally attributed to Verrocchio until 1869. It is now almost universally attributed to Leonardo. Attribution proposed by Liphart; accepted by Bode, Lubke, Muller-Walde, Berenson, Clark, Goldscheider and others.[2]
Madonna of the Carnation 1472–1478 c. 1472–1478[d 2] Oil on poplar panel 62 cm × 47.5 cm
24.4 in × 18.7 in 		Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Widely accepted
Generally accepted as a Leonardo, but has some overpainting possibly by a Flemish artist.[2]

The Baptism of Christ †

1474–1478 c. 1474–1478[d 3] Oil and tempera on poplar panel 177 cm × 151 cm
70 in × 59 in 		Uffizi, Florence
Widely accepted as by Verrocchio and Leonardo
Painted mainly by Andrea del Verrocchio; Leonardo's contributions include angel on the left-hand side, some of the background landscape and the torso of Christ.[3]
Ginevra de' Benci 1474–1480 c. 1474–1480[d 4] Oil and tempera on poplar panel 38.8 cm × 36.7 cm
15.3 in × 14.4 in 		National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widely accepted
While controversial in the past, modern scholarship widely attributes the work to Leonardo. The attribution of Lady with an Ermine supports the attribution of this painting.[4]
Benois Madonna 1478–1481 c. 1478–1481[d 5] Oil on wood panel, transferred to canvas 49.5 cm × 33 cm
19.5 in × 13.0 in 		Hermitage, Saint Petersburg
Widely accepted

The Adoration of the Magi
(unfinished)

1478–1482 c. 1478–1482[d 6] Oil (underpainting) on wood panel 240 cm × 250 cm
94 in × 98 in 		Uffizi, Florence
Universally accepted[5]
Forensic and scientific analysis by Maurizio Seracini now proves that at least two layers of varnish, mainly in the lower half of the painting, were applied in the 18th–19th centuries.[6]
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
(unfinished) 		1480–1490 c. 1480–1490[d 7] Tempera and oil on walnut panel 103 cm × 75 cm
41 in × 30 in 		Vatican Museums
Universally accepted[7]
Madonna Litta † 1481–1495 c. 1481–1495[d 8] Tempera (and oil) on poplar panel 42 cm × 33 cm
17 in × 13 in 		Hermitage, Saint Petersburg
Widely accepted
Martin Kemp claims that the National Gallery, London, exhibited the Madonna Litta on loan from the Hermitage as an autograph work, even though the gallery's own curators believed it to be by a pupil, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio.[8]
Virgin of the Rocks
(Louvre version) 		1483–1493 c. 1483–1493[d 9] Oil on wood panel, transferred to canvas 199 cm × 122 cm
78 in × 48 in 		Louvre, Paris
Universally accepted[9]
Portrait of a Musician
(unfinished) ‡ 		1483–1487 c. 1483–1487[d 10] Oil (and tempera?) on walnut panel 45 cm × 32 cm
18 in × 13 in 		Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Widely accepted
Widely accepted that Leonardo painted the figure's face. Some scholars suggest the body to be the work of his pupils, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio and Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis[10]
Lady with an Ermine 1489–1491 c. 1489–1491[d 11] Oil on walnut panel 54 cm × 39 cm
21 in × 15 in 		Czartoryski Museum, Kraków
Widely accepted
While controversial in the past, modern scholarship widely attributes the work to Leonardo. The attribution of Ginevra de' Benci supports the attribution of this painting.[11]
La Belle Ferronnière 1490–1498 c. 1490–1498[d 12] Oil on walnut panel 62 cm × 44 cm
24 in × 17 in 		Louvre, Paris
Widely accepted
Modern scholars still debate the attribution and it is not as widely accepted as other portraits like Ginevra de' Benci, Portrait of a Musician, and Lady with an Ermine.[12][13]
Virgin of the Rocks
(London version) † 		1491–1508 c. 1491–1508[d 13] Oil on parqueted poplar panel 189.5 cm × 120 cm
74.6 in × 47.2 in 		National Gallery, London
Generally accepted
Generally accepted as postdating the version in the Louvre, and produced in collaboration with Ambrogio de Predis and perhaps others.[2] Some consider it the work of Leonardo's workshop under his direction. The date is not universally agreed.

The Last Supper

1492–1498 c. 1492–1498[d 14] Tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic 460 cm × 880 cm
180 in × 350 in 		Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Universally accepted[14]
Sala delle Asse 1497–1499 c. 1497–1499[d 15] Tempera on plaster Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Universally accepted[15]

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist

1499–1508 c. 1499–1508[d 16] Charcoal, black and white chalk on tinted paper, mounted on canvas 142 cm × 105 cm
56 in × 41 in 		National Gallery, London
Universally accepted[16]
Portrait of Isabella d'Este 1499–1500 c. 1499–1500[d 17] Black and red chalk, yellow pastel chalk on paper 61 cm × 46.5 cm
24.0 in × 18.3 in 		Louvre, Paris
Widely accepted
Letters document at least two portrait drawings of Isabella d'Este and, in 1501–1506, her requests to execute the promised portrait in colour.[17]
Madonna of the Yarnwinder
(The Buccleuch Madonna) † 		1499–1508 c. 1499–1508[d 18] Oil on walnut panel 48.9 cm × 36.8 cm
19.3 in × 14.5 in 		Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh[b]
Generally accepted as by Leonardo and another artist[c]
Leonardo was documented as working on a painting of this subject in Florence in 1501; it appears to have been delivered to its patron in 1507. This and the Lansdowne Madonna are the most likely candidates for being that work, but neither is considered to be wholly autograph. Scientific examination has revealed "strikingly complex and similar" underdrawings in both versions, suggesting that Leonardo was involved in the making of both.[19] The use of walnut wood suggests the earlier terminus post quem of 1499, as Leonardo's Milanese paintings are on this support.[20]
Salvator Mundi ‡ 1499–1510 c. 1499–1510[d 19] Oil on wood panel 65.6 cm × 45.4 cm
25.8 in × 17.9 in 		Unknown
Generally accepted[citation needed]
Previously presumed to be a later copy of the lost original painting. Purchased in 2005 and restored, it has gained only few acceptance as Leonardo's original. Pentimenti (changes to the composition) were found in the thumb of Christ's right hand and elsewhere which are indicators of the painting's status as an "original".[21] The painting set a new record for sale price (US$450 million) when auctioned by Christie's in 2017.[22][23] Matthew Landrus considers it to be primarily the work of Bernardino Luini.[24] In the 2021 documentary The Lost Leonardo, Frank Zöllner said: "You have the old parts of the painting which are original—these are by pupils—and the new parts of the painting, which look like Leonardo, but they are by the restorer. In some part, it's a masterpiece by Dianne Modestini".[25] In 2021, the Spanish Prado downgraded the painting to a partial attribution.[26][27] In 2022, the Encyclopædia Britannica noted: "no official record of the painting's attribution officially exists".[28]
Madonna of the Yarnwinder
(The Lansdowne Madonna) † 		1501–1508 c. 1501–1508[d 20] Oil on wood panel (transferred to canvas and later re-laid on panel) 50.2 cm × 36.4 cm
19.8 in × 14.3 in 		Private collection, New York City
Generally accepted as having an underdrawing by Leonardo[d]

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

1501–1519 c. 1501–1519[d 21] Oil on wood panel 168 cm × 112 cm
66 in × 44 in 		Louvre, Paris
Universally accepted[29]
Mona Lisa
(unfinished) 		1502–1516 c. 1502–1516[d 22] Oil on cottonwood (poplar) panel 76.8 cm × 53 cm
30.2 in × 20.9 in 		Louvre, Paris
Universally accepted[30]
A drawing by Giovanni Ambrogio Figino depicting an elderly Leonardo with his right arm assuaged by cloth[31][e] and a record of an October 1517 visit by Louis d'Aragon,[f] confirm an account of Leonardo's right hand being paralytic at the age of 65,[34] which may indicate why he left works such as the Mona Lisa unfinished.[32][35][36]
La Scapigliata
(unfinished) 		1506–1508 c. 1506–1508[d 23] Earth, amber and white lead on wood panel 24.7 cm × 21 cm
9.7 in × 8.3 in 		Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Generally accepted[g]
Saint John the Baptist 1507–1516 c. 1507–1516[d 24] Oil on walnut panel 69 cm × 57 cm
27 in × 22 in 		Louvre, Paris
Widely accepted
While controversial in the past, modern scholarship widely attributes the work to Leonardo. Scientific evidence in the second half of the 20th century has furthered this attribution.[37]

Manuscripts

Title and sample image Dates Abbreviation(s)[38] Pages Location
Codex Atlanticus 1478–1519 C.A. 1,119 Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan


Giant crossbow (C.A.149b-r/53v-b)

12 volumes, collated by the sculptor Pompeo Leoni.
Codex Windsor 1478–1518 W. 153 Royal Collection, Windsor


Fetus in the womb (W.19102r)

These drawings were pasted into an album by Pompeo Leoni, probably entered the English royal collection in the reign of Charles II, and were removed from their binding in the 19th century.[39]
Codex Arundel 1480–1518 B.L., Arundel MS. or Br.M. 283 British Library, London


Diving apparatus (B.L.24v)

Codex Trivulzianus c. 1487–1490 Triv. 55
(originally 62) 		Biblioteca Trivulziana, Castello Sforzesco, Milan


List with a profile portrait (Triv.30r)

Codex Forster 1487–1505 Forster I, II and III (including I1, I2 and II2); formerly known as S.K.M.I, II and III 354 Victoria and Albert Museum, London


Determining the volume of regular and irregular solids (Forster I.7r)

Five pocket notebooks bound into three volumes, here listed in chronological order:
I2 (Milan, c. 1487–1490): Discusses hydraulic engineering, the moving and raising of water and perpetual motion.
III (Milan, c. 1490–1493): Notes on geometry, weights and hydraulics interspersed with sketches of horses' legs, what might be designs for ball costumes and a description of the anatomy of the human head.
II1 (Milan, c. 1495): Notes on the theory of proportions and other miscellaneous material.
II2 (Milan, 1495–1497): Notes on the theory of weights, traction, stresses and balances.
I1 (Florence, 1505): Notes on the measurement of solid bodies and on topology.[40]

Paris Manuscripts 1488–1505 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H (including H1, H2 and H3), I (including I1 and I2), K (including K1, K2 and K3), L and M more than 2,500 Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France, Paris


Aerial screw (detail of B.83v)


Vertically standing bird's-winged flying machine (B.80r)

12 volumes, here listed in chronological order:
B (1488–1490; 84 folios): Notebook including designs for flying machines (including the "helicopter"), a submarine, centrally-planned churches and war machines.[41]
C (1490–91; 28 folios. One section missing.) Treatise on light and shade; also discusses the flow of water and percussion.[42]
A (c. 1492): Fragment of a larger MS which included the Codex Ashburnham II. Subjects covered include painting, perspective, water and mechanics.[43]
H (1493–94; 142 folios): Three pocket notebooks bound together. Discusses Euclidean geometry and the design of drawing materials.[44]
M (late 1490s–1500; 48 folios): A pocket notebook on geometry, ballistics and botany.[45]
L (1497–1502; 94 folios): A notebook on military engineering, used by Leonardo when he was in the employ of Cesare Borgia.[46]
K (1503–1508; 128 folios): Three pocket notebooks, mainly on geometry.[47]
I (1497–1505; 139 folios): Two pocket notebooks with notes on geometry, architecture, Latin, perspective and proportions for painters.[48]
D (1508–09; 10 folios with 20 drawings): Discusses theories of vision.[49]
F (1508–1513; 96 folios): Discusses water, optics, geology and astronomy.[50]
E (1513–14; originally 96 folios): Discusses weights and the effects of gravity, an invention for draining the Pontine Marshes, geometry, painting and the flight of birds.[51]
G (1510–1515; 93 folios): Primarily discusses botany.[52]
Codex Madrid 1490s–1504 Madrid I and Madrid II Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid


Drawing of the ironwork casting mould for the head of the Sforza Horse (Madrid II.156v–157r)

Two volumes, rediscovered in 1966:
I (1490s): Mainly concerned with the science of mechanisms.[53]
II (1503–04): Miscellaneous drawings, including maps of the Arno relating to the project to divert its course and notes and drawings relating to the casting of the Sforza monument.[54]
Codex Ashburnham c. 1492 Ash.I. or B.N.2037 (formerly part of MS.B.); Ash.II or B.N.2038 (formerly part of MS.A.) Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France, Paris


Studies for a building on a centralized plan (Ash.I.5v)

Two volumes, taken out of Paris Manuscripts A and B and sold to the Earl of Ashburnham, who returned them to Paris in 1890.
Codex on the Flight of Birds dated 1505 Turin 18 Biblioteca Reale, Turin


Notes on the position of a bird in flight in relationship to the wind (Turin.8r)

Originally part of Paris Manuscript B; probably stolen by Count Guglielmo Libri in around 1840–1847.[55]
Codex Leicester 1506–1510 Leic. 72 Private collection of Bill Gates, United States


Studies of the illumination of the moon (Leic.1A (1r))

Codex Urbinas and libro A c. 1530 Urb. and L°A. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
An anthology of writings by Leonardo compiled after his death by his pupil Francesco Melzi. An abridged version was published in 1651 as a treatise on painting (Trattato della Pittura).[56]

Lost works

Title, and image
of derivative work[57] 		Date[57] Type[57] Last known location[57]
Adam and Eve
(unfinished) 		c. mid 1460s – early 1470s Watercolor cartoon for a tapestry In the collection of Ottaviano de' Medici during Vasari's lifetime (1511–1574)


Drawing by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, possibly based on Leonardo's cartoon

Described in great detail by Giorgio Vasari and the Anonimo Gaddiano. Painted for the King of Portugal, it was in the collection of Ottaviano de' Medici in Vasari's lifetime. The composition might have inspired a drawing by Francesco di Giorgio Martini in the Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford.[58]
Dragon shield c. 1472 Painted shield Unknown
A juvenile work known only from accounts by Giorgio Vasari and the Anonimo Gaddiano. Vasari stated that it was sold by Leonardo's father Ser Piero da Vinci to merchants, who then sold it on to the Duke of Milan.[58]
The Head of Medusa Youthful work Oil on panel In the collection of Cosimo I de' Medici during Vasari's lifetime (1511–1574)
A juvenile work only known from an account by Giorgio Vasari. A Flemish painting of this subject of c. 1600 in the Uffizi, Florence, was once mistakenly thought to be this work.
San Bernardo Altarpiece
(unfinished) 		Commissioned 10 January 1478 Oil on panel Unknown
A commission for the chapel in the Palazzo della Signoria, Florence, allocated to Leonardo on 10 January 1478 but never completed.[58] The commission had originally been given to Piero del Pollaiuolo on 24 December 1477; its reallocation might have been arranged by Leonardo's father, who was a notary to the Signoria. After Leonardo's failure to fulfill the commission it was given to Domenico Ghirlandaio on 20 May 1483, but he did not complete the work either. It is sometimes mistakenly said that a Virgin and Child with Saints in the Uffizi by Filippino Lippi was the work finally delivered to the chapel, but this was painted for the Sala dei Dugento (council hall) of the palace.[59]
The Battle of Anghiari Commissioned 4 May 1504 Mural painting Still visible in 1549


Copy by Peter Paul Rubens

Covered up by frescoes by Vasari, beginning in 1563. The remains of Leonardo's fresco may have been discovered in the Salone dei Cinquecento.[60]
Leda and the Swan c. 1504–1508 Oil painting Recorded by Cassiano dal Pozzo as being at the Palace of Fontainebleau in 1625.


Copy by Cesare da Sesto

There are nine known copies of the painting, including:
Angel of the Annunciation c. 1510–1513 Oil painting In Duke Cosimo I de' Medici's palace during Vasari's lifetime (1511–1574)


The Incarnate Angel,
satirical copy

The painting is described by Vasari. A drawing survives among studies for the Battle of Anghiari (see below). The drawing at left, known as The Incarnate Angel, is a satirical copy, by Leonardo.[61][62] There are some extant copies of the subject by Leonardeschi, including:
  • Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci? Angel of the Annunciation, c. 1505 – 1513? Oil on canvas (transferred from panel), 66 cm × 47.3 cm (26.0 in × 18.6 in), Hermitage, Saint Petersburg.[63]
  • Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci? Saint John the Baptist, c. 1508 – 1513? Panel, 71 cm × 52 cm (28 in × 20 in), Kunstmuseum Basel.[64]
  • Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci? Saint John the Baptist, c. 1508 – 1513? Oil on panel, 75 cm × 53.4 cm (29.5 in × 21.0 in), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.[65]
  • Baccio Bandinelli. Annunciate Angel. Sketch after Leonardo da Vinci.

Disputed works

Key:    Supposedly collaborative work

Title and image Date Medium Dimensions Location
Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate
(The Dreyfus Madonna) 		probably c. 1469[66] Oil on wood 15.7 cm × 12.8 cm
6.2 in × 5.0 in 		National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Previously attributed to Verrocchio or Lorenzo di Credi. Most critics have considered the anatomy of the Christ Child to be so poor as to discourage firm attribution to Leonardo, but some believe that it is a work of his youth. This attribution was made by Suida in 1929. Other art historians such as Shearman and Morelli attribute the work to Verrocchio.[2] Daniel Arasse discusses this painting as a youthful work by Leonardo in his monograph of 1997.[67]
Tobias and the Angel † c. 1473[68] Egg tempera on poplar 83.6 cm × 66 cm
32.9 in × 26.0 in 		National Gallery, London
Workshop of Verrocchio, with a possible contribution by Leonardo[h]
Martin Kemp suggests that Leonardo may have painted some part of this work, most likely the fish. David Alan Brown, of the National Gallery in Washington, attributes the painting of the dog to him as well.
The Holy Infants Embracing c. 1486–1490
Several versions in private collections.
Portrait of a Lady in Profile c. 1493–1495[69] Tempera and oil on panel 51 cm × 34 cm
20 in × 13 in 		Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan[70]
Generally attributed to Ambrogio de Predis. According to Martin Kemp, Leonardo may have been responsible for "laying down the basis of the image", based on "[t]he quality of drawing in the head".[i]
La Bella Principessa 1495–1496 (Kemp) Bodycolour (pastel) on vellum 33 cm × 22 cm
13.0 in × 8.7 in 		Private collection, Switzerland
Identified as a Leonardo by Martin Kemp on stylistic grounds, and confirmed using the evidence of a fingerprint.[71] Other experts have not agreed with this attribution. As of 2010 the methods used to analyse the fingerprint have come into question.[72] The presence of holes in the page shows that it was once part of the Sforziada, a manuscript kept in Warsaw; this fact points to its originality.
Virgin of the Rocks Chéramy † c. 1495–1497 (Pedretti) Oil on wood panel, transferred to canvas 154.5 cm × 122 cm
60.8 in × 48.0 in 		Private collection, Switzerland
Attributed to Leonardo and his workshop by Carlo Pedretti;[73] believed by others to be a copy of the Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo's student Giampietrino. Mentioned by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in 1845 and by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes; both were convinced that it was an original work by Leonardo.[citation needed]
Madonna and Child with St Joseph or Adoration of the Christ Child between 1495 and 1500 Tempera on panel Diam. 87 cm (34 in) Galleria Borghese, Rome[74]
Young Christ c. 1496 Terracotta Private collection
The bust is said by Kemp to be the most likely candidate for a surviving sculpture by Leonardo.[j]
Portrait of Luca Pacioli † c. 1495–1500 Tempera on panel 99 cm × 120 cm
39 in × 47 in 		Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
The painting has been generally attributed to Jacopo de' Barbari due to the presence of a cartouche with a cryptic inscription resembling his name, but some attribute the painting (at least partially) to Leonardo,[75] who began collaborating with Pacioli when the latter moved to Milan in 1496.[76][77] Leonardo illustrated Archimedean solids, including the rhombicuboctahedron (pictured in the portrait), in Pacioli's Divina proportione (1509).[78] According to one scholar, in the rhombicuboctahedron "we surely see the ineffable left hand of Leonardo da Vinci, who drew the superb pictures for De divina proportione, which, moreover, hang from a string ..."[75]
Christ Carrying the Cross † c. 1500 Oil on poplar Private collection, San Francisco
Previously attributed by Sotheby's to Gian Francesco Maineri.[79][80] Attributed to Leonardo by its former owner.[79] Attribution based on the similarity of the tormentors of Christ to drawings made by Rubens of the Battle of Anghiari. According to Forbes magazine, Carlo Pedretti said that he knew of three similar paintings and "[a]ll four paintings, he believed, were likely the work of Leonardo's studio assistants and perhaps even the master himself."[79]
Isleworth Mona Lisa † Oil on canvas 84.5 cm × 64.5 cm
33.3 in × 25.4 in 		Private collection, Switzerland
Its proponents claim that this is the earlier of two versions of the Mona Lisa, painted for Francesco del Giocondo (husband of Lisa) in 1503, and that the Louvre version was painted for Giuliano de' Medici in 1517.[81]
Horse and Rider
c. 1506–1508 (Pedretti 1985)[82]
c. 1508–1511 (Solari 2016)[83]
 Beeswax Private collection, London
Fragmentary wax statuette in a private collection in London, formerly in the Sangiorgi Collection in Rome; said to have come from the Melzi estate at Vaprio d'Adda.[84][85] Carlo Pedretti in 1985 considered it to be an autograph work by Leonardo,[86][87] and Martin Kemp, after personally examining the wax model wrote in 1992, "My overall conclusion is that I would not eliminate an attribution to Leonardo."[88] The attribution has been criticized by various other art historians[89][90][91] and publications, citing a lack of hard evidence or documentation.[92][93][94]
Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci c. 1505–1510 Tempera grassa on poplar 40 cm × 60 cm
16 in × 24 in 		Museo delle Antiche Genti di Lucania, Vaglio Basilicata
A painting discovered in 2008 near Naples, which closely resembles the Uffizi's 17th-century copy of the "Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci", is currently undergoing restoration and investigation. A date in the late 15th or 16th centuries has been confirmed by scientific testing. Fingerprints match those found on the Lady with an Ermine. Alternatively attributed to Cristofano dell'Altissimo.[95]
Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk c. 1512 Red chalk on paper 33.3 cm × 21.6 cm
13.1 in × 8.5 in 		Biblioteca Reale, Turin
Accepted by some scholars, but not universally accepted.[96][97]
Bacchus
c. 1513–1516[98]
c. 1510–1515, later repainted and altered[66]
 Oil on walnut panel transferred to canvas 177 cm × 115 cm
70 in × 45 in 		Louvre, Paris
Disputed
Generally considered to be a workshop copy of a drawing.[2] According to Kemp, it may have been begun by Leonardo as a figure of John the Baptist.[99]
Mary Magdalene 1515 58 cm × 45 cm
23 in × 18 in 		Private collection, Switzerland
Described as a potential Leonardo by Carlo Pedretti. Previously attributed to Giampietrino, who painted a number of similar Magdalenes.[100] Pedretti's attribution is not accepted by other scholars, e.g. Carlo Bertelli (former director of the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan), who said that the subject could be a Lucretia with the knife removed.[101]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Far to the right, partially visible, is Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Bernardino Luini (a follower of Leonardo) and Bacchus, a disputed painting that is sometimes attributed to Leonardo.
  2. ^ On long-term loan from the Duke of Buccleuch collection[18]
  3. ^ Leonardo da Vinci and an anonymous 16th-century painter Syson (2011, p. 294); Workshop of Leonardo after a design by Leonardo Zöllner (2019, p. 239)
  4. ^ Salaì after a design by Leonardo Zöllner (2019, p. 238)
  5. ^ Identified via its similarity to Leonardo's presumed self-portrait[32]
  6. ^ "... Messer Lunardo Vinci [sic] ... an old graybeard of more than 70 years ... showed His Excellency three pictures ... fand a drawingand, one could not expect any more good work."[33]
  7. ^ Follower of Leonardo Syson (2011, p. 198, n. 9); "ascribed today to Leonardo" Marani (2003, p. 140)
  8. ^ Kemp (2004, p. 247)
  9. ^ Kemp 2004, p. 251; attributed there to "[Leonardo,] probably with his studio", but this work does not appear in a later edition (Kemp 2011).
  10. ^ Kemp 2004, p. 252; described there as "probably by Leonardo"

Sources for dating

  1. ^ The Annunciation
  2. ^ Madonna of the Carnation
  3. ^ The Baptism of Christ
    • Covi (2005, p. 186): c. 1469–1472 by Verrocchio, then resumed by Leonardo perhaps mid-1470s
    • Kemp (2019, p. 3): Leonardo c. 1474–1476
    • Marani (2003, p. 338): Leonardo c. 1475–1478
    • Syson (2011, p. 184): Verrocchio and Leonardo c. 1468–1477
    • Zöllner (2019, p. 215): Verrocchio c. 1470–1472, Leonardo c. 1475
  4. ^ Ginevra de' Benci
  5. ^ Benois Madonna
  6. ^ The Adoration of the Magi
  7. ^ Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
  8. ^ Madonna Litta
  9. ^ Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre version)
  10. ^ Portrait of a Musician
  11. ^ Lady with an Ermine
  12. ^ La Belle Ferronnière
  13. ^ Virgin of the Rocks (London version)
  14. ^ The Last Supper
  15. ^ Sala delle Asse
  16. ^ Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist
  17. ^ Portrait of Isabella d'Este
  18. ^ Madonna of the Yarnwinder (Buccleuch version)
  19. ^ Salvator Mundi
  20. ^ Madonna of the Yarnwinder (Lansdowne version)
  21. ^ Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
  22. ^ Mona Lisa
  23. ^ La Scapigliata
  24. ^ Saint John the Baptist

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