A correspondent has sent us a most interesting article recently
written in L'Arte by Signor Adolfo Venturi. The article describes a very beautiful bas-relief carving in stone of tho Madonna and Child, which was bought in 1897 by Mr. G. B. Dibblee, a Fellow of All Souls. Signor Adolfo Venturi, who is considered by Italians to be the greatest living authority on Leonardo da Vinci, attributes this work to Leonardo himself. Mr. Dibblee at first regarded the work as being one of those which are compendiously described as a " Verocchio." After making considerable researches, however, he came to the conclu- sion that it should be regarded as the source and original of all the Verrochio series, and as the genuine work of Leonardo himself. He was able more or less to trace the history of the carving back to the times of Leonardo. The house from which it was taken belonged to the well-known Florentine family Albizzi, with whom Leonardo was friendly.
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