1482 (ca.), Leonardo da Vinci, Adoration of the Magi -- Uffizi Gallery (Florence)
From the museum label: Leonardo never finished this large altarpiece (commissioned by Austin Friars for their church of San Donato a Scopeto on the hills above Florence), leaving for Milan shortly after making a start on it. Some figures are barely sketched, as though he were seeking to capture an idea, while others are more complete, those around the Virgin appearing to be in the grip of intense emotion. The friars paid Filippino Lippi to paint another altarpiece on the same theme and placed it on their altar in 1496 (Room 28). Formerly in the home of Florentine merchant Amerigo Benci, the altarpiece entered the Uffizi in 1670.
1482 (ca.), Leonardo da Vinci, Adoration of the Magi -- Uffizi Gallery (Florence)
From the museum label: Leonardo never finished this large altarpiece (commissioned by Austin Friars for their church of San Donato a Scopeto on the hills above Florence), leaving for Milan shortly after making a start on it. Some figures are barely sketched, as though he were seeking to capture an idea, while others are more complete, those around the Virgin appearing to be in the grip of intense emotion. The friars paid Filippino Lippi to paint another altarpiece on the same theme and placed it on their altar in 1496 (Room 28). Formerly in the home of Florentine merchant Amerigo Benci, the altarpiece entered the Uffizi in 1670.