Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
Date
1797
Sitter
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519, Italian) , Artist
Creator
James Hopwood the elder (1742, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 130mm
width (print): 86mm
width (print): 86mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Leonardo da Vinci, head turned to the left as viewed, looking directly to the viewer. Based upon a presumed self-portrait, Da Vinci is shown with long hair and beard, wearing a hat, within an oval frame.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears at pp.8/9, as Weld’s text discusses the work of Leonardo da Vinci, ‘as combining in a most remarkable manner, the professions of mathematician and engineer, as well as painter, sculptor, and architect’.
Inscribed below: ‘LEONARDO DA VINCI. Painted by Himself. Engraved by Hopwood.’
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist and scientist.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears at pp.8/9, as Weld’s text discusses the work of Leonardo da Vinci, ‘as combining in a most remarkable manner, the professions of mathematician and engineer, as well as painter, sculptor, and architect’.
Inscribed below: ‘LEONARDO DA VINCI. Painted by Himself. Engraved by Hopwood.’
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist and scientist.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 1... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
Associated place