Leonardo's Workshops
The ‘did he? didn’t he?’ debate around the Salvator Mundi first presented to the world in the National Gallery’s 2011 Leonardo exhibition still rumbles on. But the questions of attribution attached to this now famous work are not unique; many of the paintings included in that exhibition and its successor at the Louvre have been questioned and championed by different experts. However judgements are too often made by declaration rather than by understanding how Leonardo himself operated with different workshop structures in Florence and Milan, and without differentiating between his pupils and assistants. By considering their styles, roles and personalities, and comparing them to Leonardo’s own, we stand a much better chance of arriving at informed conclusions.
Luke Syson is the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge. He was a leading member of the team that first attributed Salvator Mundi to Leonardo at the National Gallery.
If you are in Florence and would like to attend the lecture in person at the British Institute Library, please register here or send an email to bif@britishinstitute.it
Please note, only people with confirmed registrations can attend the lecture in person. The registration fee is 10 Euro per person.
Please note that, following national regulations, all attendees will be required to show a Super Green Pass (or equivalent International certification) for entry and will have to wear a FFP2 mask throughout the event.
To join this lecture with Zoom (no reservation necessary), simply click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81866477565?pwd=dnFuTjk0NmEzRmY1SXZhZUd4NUEvUT09 at 18:00 on Wednesday 11th May.