A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of the Sun-beams passing through the Openings of Clouds
4017042A Treatise on Painting — Of the Sun-beams passing through the Openings of CloudsJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CCCXXXII.Of the Sun-beams passing through the Openings of Clouds.

The sun-beams which penetrate the openings interposed between clouds of various density and form, illuminate all the places over which they pass, and tinge with their own colour all the dark places that are behind: which dark places are only seen in the intervals between the rays.