Leonardo da Vinci: Complete Paintings

by Pietro C. Marani

The most comprehensive book on the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, with hundreds of illustrations

This classic volume on Leonardo’s paintings captures the magical qualities that make him one of the most beloved painters in the history of art. Pietro Marani’s definitive text is accompanied by hundreds of reference images that immerse the reader in Leonardo’s world and studio. Every known painting is discussed in depth, and enlarged details reveal aspects invisible to the naked eye, down to the artist’s fingerprints. This new edition includes three newly attributed works, including the Salvator Mundi , whose discovery and sale in 2016 made international news, while color plates have been refreshed throughout, especially of paintings that have been restored or cleaned since the first edition of the book was published in 2000.

400 pages, Hardcover

Published September 17, 2019

About the author

Pietro Cesare Marani is an Italian art historian and curator. He is among the leading authorities on the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci having written of over 200 publications on the artist. These include book-length studies on the Portrait of a Musician and The Last Supper, an overview on Leonardo's time in Venice, and one of the two modern catalogue raisonné of Leonardo's works, the other being by Frank Zöllner.
He is currently a professor of art history at the Polytechnic University of Milan.