Francesco Melzi
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Francesco Melzi (c. 1491 – 1570) was an Italian painter, beloved and favourite pupil of Leonardo da Vinci. He and da Vinci were involved in a life-long love relationship which started when Melzi was fifteen.[1]
The son of a Milanese noble family, Melzi joined the household of Leonardo da Vinci in 1506 at the age of fifteen. He accompanied Leonardo on trips to Rome in 1513 and to France in 1517. He proved a very talented painter and worked closely with and for Leonardo, who in his last years couldn't use his hands anymore. Some works which had previously been thought to be by Leonardo are today often attributed to Melzi.
Upon Leonardo's death, Melzi inherited the artistic and scientific works and collections of Leonardo, and would henceforth faithfully administer the estate. Back in Italy he married and fathered a son, Orazio. When he died on his estate in Vaprio d'Adda, his heirs sold the collection of Leonardo's works.
[edit] External links
- Francesco Melzi at the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Some works.
- Flora by Francesco Melzi at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Description of Vertumnus and Pomona.
Extract from inherited notebooks of Leonardo.
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