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...Duchess in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Matsys' painting [TIME, Jan. 26] ... is undeniable, but Tenniel need not have seen the Matsys painting in order to have achieved his remarkable (and delightful) Duchess, as he may possibly have had access to a crayon caricature by Leonardo da Vinci which is in the collection at Windsor Castle...
...glance at Leonardo's drawing will undoubtedly confuse the whole question of priority, originality, imitation...
Whether credit is given Leonardo or Matsys, this lady's unique physiognomy is certainly deserving of at least a respectful shudder...
Almost nothing is known of Luini beyond the fact that he painted a great deal, and died in 1532. He may once have studied with Leonardo da Vinci, for though his drawing is less acute than Leonardo's, it has the same sinuous elegance-like a strand of hair afloat on the wind. But unlike Leonardo, he never painted a monster or a mask of rage or caught a tempest in his brush. Luini was limited and narrow, but like a narrow window standing open...
...peaceful radiance in the window of Luini's art dazzled Critic John Ruskin,*who called him "ten times greater than Leonardo." Luini, he wrote, "paints what he has been taught to design wisely and has passion to realize gloriously." In that sentence, Ruskin neatly underlined the double dependence of religious...