Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 04 (of 10)

part is in the hands of Messer Francesco da Melzo, a gentleman of

Milan, who in the time of Leonardo was a very beautiful boy, and much beloved by him, and now is a no less beautiful and gentle old man; and he holds them dear, and keeps such papers together as if they were relics, in company with the portrait of Leonardo of happy memory; and to all who read these writings, it seems ...