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In Italy. 379 modern art, was a cartoon, composed in competition with Michelangelo's Cartoon of Pisa, known as the Battle of the Standard, and representing the Victory of the Floren- tines over the Duke of Milan in 1440. Both these great works are unfortunately lost ; but a copy by Rubens of a group of four horsemen from Leonardo's is preserved in the Louvre ; and an engraving by Edelinck is also in existence. In 1514 he paid a short visit to Rome; but the last years of his life were spent in France, whither he accompanied Francis I. in 1516, and where he died. Of the various works now in the Louvre attributed to him, many were in reality from the hands of his pupils ; he himself worked very slowly, and often left pictures un- finished, but he was so full of grand conceptions, and sup- plied those studying with him with so many great designs, that a whole school of workers would not have sufficed to carry them out. Although the name of Leonardo not unfrequently occurs in the catalogues of public galleries, the undoubted works of his hand are few indeed. Dr. Richter, who has given many years to the close study of his doubted and un- doubted pictures, and to the numerous drawings, sketches, and manuscripts which he has left, admits only the follow- ing works to be undoubtedly by the hand of the great master : Adoration of the Kings. In the Uffizi, Florence. S. Jerome. In the Vatican, Rome (in mono- chrome). Last Supper. In S. Maria delle Grazie, Milan (wall-painting). Mona Lisa. In the Louvre, Paris. Madonna amid the Rocks. In the National Gallery.