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Lot Essay
We are grateful to Francesco Solinas for suggesting the attribution and providing the information included in the note.
Leonardi studied with Antonio Tempesta and specialized in still life and animal drawing, becoming the main artist working for Cassiano dal Pozzo's Museo Cartaceo, an attempt to create a visual encyclopaedia of human knowledge, specifically Natural History and aspects of the Ancient World. Leonardi first begin to work for Cassiano in 1621, as well as producing drawings of song-birds for the Uccelliera, overo discorso della natura e proprietà di diversi Uccelli published in Rome in 1622 for Federico Cesi, Principal of the Accademia dei Lincei. Leonardi travelled with Cassiano to France in 1625, where he drew birds in the collection of King Louis XIII, a keen bird collector.
Leonardi studied with Antonio Tempesta and specialized in still life and animal drawing, becoming the main artist working for Cassiano dal Pozzo's Museo Cartaceo, an attempt to create a visual encyclopaedia of human knowledge, specifically Natural History and aspects of the Ancient World. Leonardi first begin to work for Cassiano in 1621, as well as producing drawings of song-birds for the Uccelliera, overo discorso della natura e proprietà di diversi Uccelli published in Rome in 1622 for Federico Cesi, Principal of the Accademia dei Lincei. Leonardi travelled with Cassiano to France in 1625, where he drew birds in the collection of King Louis XIII, a keen bird collector.