A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of Employment anxiously wished for by Painters
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Chap. CCCLIX.Of Employment anxiously wished for by Painters.

And you, painter, who are desirous of great practice, understand, that if you do not rest it on the good foundation of Nature, you will labour with little honour and less profit; and if you do it on a good ground your works will be many and good, to your great honour and advantage.